Seoul Gangbuk Police Station announced on August 13 that...
Free Speech
Prominent Politicians’ Use of Criminal Insult Laws are Deeply Troubling
The police recently announced that they had identified...
Criminalization of “Boosting” in Gaming Infringes the Right to Anonymous Free Speech
A Game Industry Promotion Act Bill intended to criminalize...
Open Net Welcomes the Results of the Facebook-KCC Lawsuit
The Administrative Court has ruled in favor of the...
Open Net Submitted an Opinion Opposing the Broadcasting Act Reform Bill Attempting to Regulate OTT Services as Broadcasting
On July 29, Representative Kim Sungsoo proposed Amendments...
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy Raises Deep Concerns Over Investigative Agencies’ Warrantless Access to Users’ Data
Mr. Joseph CANNATACI, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right...
Open Net Opposes the Broadcasting Act Reform Attempting to Regulate OTT Services as Broadcasting
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Open Net Submitted an Opinion Opposing a Bill on the Criminal Act That Chills Investigative Journalism and Reports of Illegal Activities
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Open Net Submitted an Opinion Opposing a Bill on the Criminal Act that Creates the Crime of Insult of the Deceased
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Open Net Director Kyung-Sin Park Appointed to Member of High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom Led by the UK and Canadian Governments
Professor at Korea University Law School and a co-founder...
Open Net Opposes Amendments to the Press Arbitration Act That Enables Blocking of Access to Internet News Articles
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Open Net Invites Local and International Experts on Freedom of Expression to Press Conference on whether Representative KHANG Hyosang’s Release of Confidential Diplomatic Information is Divulgence of Diplomatic Secrets or Whistleblowing
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Cybercrime Laws and Human Rights – K.S. Park at Rightscon 2019 Tunis Session “Aligning Cybercrime Laws with International Human Rights Standards”
1. Lessons from two cases of cyber-crimes in Korea Why do...
Right to Be Forgotten – K.S. Park at Rightscon 2019 Tunis Session: Balancing Data Protection and Access to Information: Internet RTBF Case
KS Park opened the session with an operational definition...
5G Network Slicing and Its Arguments – K.S. Park at Rightscon 2019 Tunis Session: “Millimeter Waves, Small Cells, Beamforming, Oh My? Anticipating and Addressing Human Rights Impacts in a 5G Environment”
Korean telcos are trying something new. They are trying to...
