No one may transmit, to a youth defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Youth Protection Act, any information containing an advertisement of a media product harmful to youths defined in subparagraph 3 of Article 2 of that Act among the media products referred to in subparagraph 2 (e) of Article 2 of that Act in the form of code, letter, voice, sound, image, or motion picture through an information and communications network or display such information to the general public without taking any measure to restrict access by a youth. <Amended on Sep. 15, 2011>[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 13, 2008]
Laws › Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection › CHAPTER V PROTECTION OF USERS IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection — Article 42-2 (Prohibition on advertisement of media products harmful to youths)
정보통신망 이용촉진 및 정보보호 등에 관한 법률 제42조의2
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