An end to internet anonymity in South Korea?

[bwana]

KOREA: Busy websites need real name registration
Proposed system requires Web users to ID themselves when posting on web portals or on sites of public organizations

Korea Herald
Wednesday, January 10, 2007

By Kim Yoon-mi

The internet real-name system, designed to prevent cyber crimes such as libel and privacy infringement, will be applied to Web portals and websites of public organizations with over 100,000 visitors per day.

The system will require Web users to identify themselves with their real names when posting entries and commenting on others' articles, the government said yesterday.

A revision bill of "the law on promotion of information and communications network and protection of information," was passed by the National Assembly on Dec. 22. The bill will be promulgated this month, the Ministry of Information and Communication said.

Under the bill, information and communications service providers that have more than 100,000 users per day should check the names on the postings and comments of their websites.

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What is the internet without anonymity? Would MyADSL generate enough traffic to qualify?

 

[Xarog]

LOL. That's rich. They're promoting an ID system to prevent privacy infringement. It's so sad its actually funny.

 

[kilo39]

South Korea = another state of the USA

a first step in making the Patriot Act universal

Well if it's applied in S.Korea the world's leading internet nation then why not everywhere else?!

Somebody's got to go first!

 

[Xarog]

Maybe the S.Koreans will be a little less gullible than the Yanks and oppose this move.

 

[kilo39]

Maybe the S.Koreans will be a little less gullible than the Yanks and oppose this move.

In a world of propaganda, threats, and lies. Probably not.