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Telecom operators\' user protection average score 873 points, down 13 points from year earlier

South Korea\'s Broadcasting Media Communications Commission said an assessment of user-protection work at 47 telecommunications operators showed overall performance fell or was flat from a year earlier. The average score for 39 companies, excluding eight pilot-assessment firms, was 873.3 points, down 13.4 points. Grades for large carriers generally declined. The regulator cited shortcomings among value-added operators and said it would withhold or delay penalty-reduction benefits for top-rated firms.

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Broadcast ad cap raised to 20 percent, mid-roll ad rules eased

South Korea’s Broadcasting Media Communications Commission reported a draft amendment to expand the daily cap on broadcast advertising to 20 percent of airtime per channel from an average 17 percent. It also plans to scrap programme-by-programme limits and apply a separate 20 percent cap in prime time. The commission will shorten the minimum length of programmes eligible for mid-roll ads to 30 minutes and increase allowed breaks. It also plans to ease size limits for virtual and indirect advertising.

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MSIT and Broadcast Media Commission launch AI and media policy council

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT and the Broadcast Media Communications Commission will jointly respond on artificial intelligence, media and digital regulation, aiming to reduce policy gaps as industry boundaries blur. The two agencies launched a policy council in Seoul on Tuesday. Cooperation will cover AI, media and OTT services, and digital regulation and user protection. They also plan to share parts of broadcast video AI training datasets via MSIT\'s AI Hub for research and education.