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Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection — Article 44-3 (Discretionary temporary measures)

정보통신망 이용촉진 및 정보보호 등에 관한 법률 제44조의3

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) If a provider of information and communications services finds that information circulated through the information and communications network which he or she operates and manages, intrudes on someone's privacy, defames someone, or violates someone's rights, the provider may take temporary measures at his or her discretion.

(2) The latter part of Article 44-2 (2), the latter part of Article 44-2 (4), and Article 44-2 (5) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the temporary measures under paragraph (1).[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 13, 2008]

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