28 August 2012

Stories from 28 August 2012

South Korea: Internet “Real Name” Law Violates the Constitution

  28 August 2012

The South Korea Supreme Court decided on August 23, 2012 that the Internet “real name” policy is unconstitutional. From local media outlet, Kyunghyang Shinmun: The judges unanimously voted that clause 5 of article 44 in the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, which requires...

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