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YouTube Disables Comments and User Uploads For Korean Users

Posted by timothy on from the somewhere-a-congressman-drools dept.

Craig Mundie may want a driver's license for the Internet, but Korea has actually implemented something of that kind. And, as first-time accepted submitter Pseudonym Authority writes, in the form of an excerpt from PC World: "Google has disabled user uploads and comments on the Korean version of its YouTube video portal in reaction to a new law that requires the real name of a contributor be listed along each contribution they make. The rules, part of a Cyber Defamation Law, came into effect on April 1 for all sites with over 100,000 unique visitors per day. It requires that users provide their real name and national ID card number."

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  1. G+, Anyone? by dsavi · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I know this happened a while ago, but given the recent events about Google removing users from G+ that were using the service under a pseudonym, this feels really ironic.

  2. Re:Posted Anonymously by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Replied anonymously and called you a dink.
    Just because i can. For now.

    I honestly feel no need to ever login here to slashdot. Even after what... a decade? damm. I rather like being able to say things that won't be held aginst me in a court of law.. Or more likely a job app. What i say today i may not agree with tomorrow. But the net doesnt work that way. Once you say it. Its attributed to you forever. And i can't imagine that ever being a good thing. At best it's neutral. At worst it can ruin your life.

    Sure makes me miss bbses with required handles.