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Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection — Article 44-10 (Defamation dispute conciliation division)

정보통신망 이용촉진 및 정보보호 등에 관한 법률 제44조의10

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-10-01. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-10-02) — check the Korean original.

(1) The Communications Standards Commission shall have a defamation dispute conciliation division comprised of 5 members or fewer for efficient conciliation of disputes arising in connection with information that intrudes other persons' privacy, defames other persons, or violates other persons' rights, including a member or more holding the qualification of attorney-at-law. <Amended on Jun. 9, 2020>

(2) The members of the defamation dispute conciliation division shall be commissioned by the chairperson of the Communications Standards Commission with consent of the Communications Standards Commission.

(3) Articles 33-2 (2) and 35 through 39 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the procedures for conciliation of disputes by the defamation dispute conciliation division. In such cases, "Dispute Mediation Committee" shall be construed as "Communications Standards Commission", and "disputes over personal information" as "disputes arising in connection with information that intrudes other persons' privacy, defames other persons, or violates other persons' rights among information circulated through information and communications networks".

(4) Matters necessary for the installation and operation of the defamation dispute conciliation division and the conciliation of disputes, and other related matters shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 13, 2008]

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