The Broadcasting Media and Communications Commission held an operators’ briefing session on Wednesday to explain related measures as the scope of preemptive technical and administrative steps to prevent distribution of illegal filming content expands from video to images.

From July 1, about 80 operators subject to the preemptive measures obligation must compare and identify whether information a user seeks to post corresponds to a video or image that the Broadcasting Media Deliberation Commission has reviewed as illegal filming content, and must restrict posting. They include global companies such as Google, X and Meta, as well as domestic companies including Naver and Kakao.

Officials from related organisations including the Broadcasting Media Deliberation Commission, the Korea Association for ICT Promotion (KAIT), the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) and the Korea Communications Users Protection Association (KCUP) attended the briefing session, along with obligated operators and developers of commercial filtering technologies. An overview of the system, operators’ obligations, performance evaluation procedures, guidance on installing government-provided technology and a Q&A session were held.

The commission and related organisations plan to hold an additional online briefing session for operators in June and continue technical support.

Kim Jong-cheol (김종철), chairman of the Broadcasting Media and Communications Commission, said, "To prevent the distribution of illegal filming content, responsible responses by operators and implementation of technical measures are important." He added, "We will actively support operators’ compliance in cooperation with related organisations and strengthen the system to prevent the distribution of digital sex crime content."