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Concerns Grow over Defamatory Content on YouTube

SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — In recent days, there have been frequent cases in which YouTube videos containing revelatory or defamatory content turned out to be manipulated or contain information that was demonstrably false. The owner of a restaurant in Daegu recently filed a public petition on the website of the presidential office saying [...]

Prosecutors Charge Those Who Spread False Information Online

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The prosecutors’ office charged a man who circulated false information for the first time after it announced last September that it would respond harshly against spreading false rumors online. An investigation unit in the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office arrested and charged a former employee of CJ Group on November [...]