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South Korea โ€˜fake newsโ€™ law triggers free speech, censorship fears

A viral YouTube video, a one-star review on a delivery app, a heated post on a parenting community โ€“ all of these will fall under the same legal standard in South Korea starting next Tuesday. The revised Information and Communications Network Act, widely known as the โ€œfake newsโ€ law, introduces punitive damages for YouTubers with more than 100,000 subscribers and high-traffic TikTok accounts if they display what authorities define as โ€œunlawfulโ€ content. Platforms such as Naver, Kakao, Google and...