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South Korea on Tuesday began enforcing an amended law designed to curb the spread of false and manipulated information online, amid growing concern over AI-generated content and misinformation on social media.
The amendment to the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection allows courts to award punitive damages against news organizations and social media influencers found to have spread false information. Damages may reach up to five times the proven loss if the distributor circulated false or manipulated content for profit or with the intent to cause harm. Repeat offenders may also face fines of up to 1 billion won.
The revision was supported by President Lee Jae Myung, who has stressed the risks posed by manipulated images and videos as artificial intelligence tools become more widespread.
Under the amendment, large social media platforms with more than 1 million daily users are required to adopt systems for reporting and processing false and manipulated information. The measure applies to platforms including YouTube, Instagram and X, as well as a number of domestic platforms.
According to the Korea Internet Self-Governance Organization (KISO), content can be classified as false or manipulated information only when several criteria are met. The information must be false or manipulated, the distributor must have known that it was false or manipulated, and it must have been shared with the intent to cause harm or to obtain unfair benefit, while infringing on another person’s personal rights, property rights or the public interest.
KISO said expressions such as value judgments based on objective facts, opinions, satire and parody are excluded from that category.
Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said, “Freedom of expression for legitimate criticism and diverse opinions will be guaranteed to the fullest extent possible, while clearly false and manipulated information and illegal acts will be dealt with firmly.”
Still, the amendment has drawn criticism from those who say it could undermine freedom of expression. Since private platforms are expected to determine whether content qualifies as false or manipulated information, critics argue that differing standards could discourage political speech and dampen debate on contentious social issues.
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The amendment to the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection allows courts to award punitive damages against news organizations and social media influencers found to have spread false information. Damages may reach up to five times the proven loss if the distributor circulated false or manipulated content for profit or with the intent to cause harm. Repeat offenders may also face fines of up to 1 billion won.
The revision was supported by President Lee Jae Myung, who has stressed the risks posed by manipulated images and videos as artificial intelligence tools become more widespread.
Under the amendment, large social media platforms with more than 1 million daily users are required to adopt systems for reporting and processing false and manipulated information. The measure applies to platforms including YouTube, Instagram and X, as well as a number of domestic platforms.
According to the Korea Internet Self-Governance Organization (KISO), content can be classified as false or manipulated information only when several criteria are met. The information must be false or manipulated, the distributor must have known that it was false or manipulated, and it must have been shared with the intent to cause harm or to obtain unfair benefit, while infringing on another person’s personal rights, property rights or the public interest.
KISO said expressions such as value judgments based on objective facts, opinions, satire and parody are excluded from that category.
Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said, “Freedom of expression for legitimate criticism and diverse opinions will be guaranteed to the fullest extent possible, while clearly false and manipulated information and illegal acts will be dealt with firmly.”
Still, the amendment has drawn criticism from those who say it could undermine freedom of expression. Since private platforms are expected to determine whether content qualifies as false or manipulated information, critics argue that differing standards could discourage political speech and dampen debate on contentious social issues.
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