YouTube Disables Comments and User Uploads For Korean Users

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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[Anonymous Coward]

Posted Anonymously just because I can.

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[Quartus486]

Considering it's about websites with over 100 000 unique visitors per day and the total number of internet subscribers in North Korea can be summed up by the fingers of your hand...

Re:Seriously old news

[MightyYar]

Dewey Defeats Truman!

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[Smallpond]

They do have a North Korean Youtube. All of the content is Kim Jong Il singing "I'm so Lonely"