Even an insensitive person does not dare to read all comments on the Internet because of indiscriminate posts espousing vicious attacks. False rumors such as suspected plastic surgery or a fake story can kill the career of a celebrity. One celebrity who suffered from a scandal has proposed the designation of attempted online murder as a crime. Justice Minister Kim Gyeong-han said yesterday that he will consider designating as a crime cyber humiliation. Vicious comments that damaged the government while candlelight protests rocked the country and negative comments linger on the Internet.
The government yesterday announced comprehensive measures for personal information protection on the Internet to reduce the negative influence of the Web. Cyberspace is now filled with libelous statements. Even after a victim asked that the vicious comments be erased, the portals kept and made money from the comments while showing them to their users. They benefited from the lack of punishment and exploited loopholes. A step in the right direction was the revision to a law that includes making it mandatory for Web portals such as Daum to monitor comments, take temporary measures upon request by victims, and punish those who posted the comments.
Korean social security numbers sold on Chinese Web sites can be used in crime, giving the Korean people cause for worry. Early this year, the Internet shopping mall Auction lost the personal information of 10 million clients, and the number of voice phishing has since increased. If no laws protect online privacy, an organization should not collect personal information and if it does, it should strictly protect it. In a similar story, the National Health Insurance Corp. and the National Pension Service should be held responsible for their employees looking at subscribers’ personal information for non-work purposes. A society where privacy is not protected cannot advance.
source:- english.donga.com/
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