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Google, Naver, Kakao to be required to pre-block illegal filming images from July

The Broadcasting Media and Communications Commission held a briefing session on June 4 to explain measures as preemptive technical and administrative steps to prevent the distribution of illegal filming content expand from video to images. From July 1, about 80 obligated operators must compare and identify whether user posts match videos or images judged as illegal filming content by the Broadcasting Media Deliberation Commission and restrict posting. The list includes Google, X, Meta, Naver and Kakao.

Telecommunications & Media

Assembly science committee approves bill to set up Korea Broadcast Media Telecom Promotion Agency

South Korea’s National Assembly Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee approved amendments to create the Korea Broadcast Media Telecom Promotion Agency under a broadcast media telecom commission. The bill would merge the Korea Broadcast Advertising Corp and the Viewer Media Foundation, dissolving both on launch, with a planned 2027 start. The proposal faces hurdles including opposition party resistance, disputes over employment succession and business scope, and pushback from related ministries and organisations.

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MSIT, KISDI publish casebook on telecom service system improvements

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Information Society Development Institute published a casebook summarising eight years of telecom service system improvements, released at the first 2026 advisory committee meeting held on April 22. The advisory panel reviews consumer inconvenience and dispute cases and seeks improvement measures. The casebook covers 56 cases from 2018 to 2025, including limits on short-term multi-line sign-ups, fee waiver of cancellation penalties in disaster areas, and improvements to dark patterns in add-on service subscriptions.