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Telecommunications & Media
Korea commission steps up response to false manipulated information, boosts platform accountability
South Korea\'s Broadcasting Media and Communications Commission plans to upgrade its response system to false and manipulated information under a revised information network law. It will push to strengthen accountability for large platforms and seek to set up a transparency centre to support fact-checking. The commission also plans to introduce labelling for online AI-generated content and raise transparency around recommendation algorithms. It is reviewing measures to regulate youth SNS use and preparing pay-TV regulatory changes and other media policy steps.
Telecommunications & Media
Kim Jong-cheol to meet top executives of South Korea\'s three mobile carriers to detail policy direction
Kim Jong-cheol, chair of the Korea Broadcasting Media and Communications Commission, will meet the chief executives of SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus on Feb. 25 and 27, the commission said on Monday. The meetings aim to collect industry input and specify the commission\'s telecommunications policy direction. Topics include follow-up steps related to the abolition of the handset subsidy law, user protection measures for AI services, stronger responses to illegal spam, and bolstering identity verification and dispute mediation.
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Broadcast Media Telecommunications Commission meets consumer groups on policies after mobile subsidy law repeal
South Korea’s Broadcast Media Telecommunications Commission held a meeting on Feb. 23 with representatives of major consumer groups, including the Korea Consumer Federation and the Korea Women Consumers Association, to discuss user protection issues in the telecommunications market. Consumer groups said it was hard to feel the effects of repealing the handset subsidy law amid a muddled market. They called for greater transparency, prevention of unfair practices and stronger oversight.
