On October 1, the 70th National Day of China, a tragic...
Free Speech
The Court of Justice of the EU Rules That the Operator of a Search Engine Is Not Required to Carry out a De-Referencing On All Versions of Its Search Engine
On September 24, the Court of Justice of the European...
Plans to Indict School Teacher Who Aired Short Film on Gender Equality Concerning
A middle school teacher in Kwangu by the name of BAE-LEE...
Open Net Submitted an Opinion Opposing the Information and Communications Network Act Reform Bill Attempting to Criminalize the Purchase of Tickets Using Automated Programs
On September 27, 2019, Open Net submitted an opinion to...
Development in the Definition of Child Pornography in the Republic of Korea
Open Net submitted the following letter to the UN...
Open Net Hosts ‘The Current Status of Freedom of Expression in the Republic of Korea’ Conference with Special Host David Kaye, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression
Open Net will be hosting a conference with special host...
CHO Kuk, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Must Halt His Practice of Using Criminal Defamation Laws to Protect His Reputation
On March 2018 Cho Kuk, the Minister of the Ministry of...
Rapper Found Guilty for Insulting a Fellow Rapper in a Rap Song – Raises Concerns for Free Speech in Art
On August 12, 2019, a Korean rapper who goes by the name...
UN Special Rapporteur Expresses Concern over the Korean Government’s New Policy of Blocking Websites Through Server Name Indication
On July 4, 2019, David Kaye, the Special Rapporteur on the...
The Police Must Stop Its Investigation of Defamation of President Moon
Seoul Gangbuk Police Station announced on August 13 that...
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...
