Forbes 27.11.2017. “How A Website About North Korea’s Tech Use Battled — And Beat — Being Blocked In South Korea”

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Forbes 27.11.2017. “How A Website About North Korea’s Tech Use Battled — And Beat — Being Blocked In South Korea”

The win is also notable as the first instance of a foreign site successfully appealing against censorship in South Korea. Regulators argued that non-resident foreigners had no right to freedom of speech, but the appeals court decided that regardless of nationality, the right to disseminate information to Koreans online is guaranteed under the South Korean Constitution and the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/elaineramirez/2017/11/27/north-korea-tech-wins-freedom-in-the-south/#72fb57952673

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