(1) If any of the following persons intends to install and operate a message board, he or she shall take necessary measures, as prescribed by Presidential Decree (hereinafter referred to as "measures for identity verification"), including preparation of methods and procedures for verifying identity of users of the message board:
1. A national agency, local government, public enterprise, or quasi-government agency under Article 5 (3) of the Act on the Management of Public Institutions, or a local government-invested public corporation or a local government public corporation under the Local Public Enterprises Act (hereinafter referred to as "public institution, etc.");
2. Deleted. <May 28, 2014>
(2) Deleted. <May 28, 2014>
(3) The Government shall prepare policy measures to develop a safer and more reliable system to verify identity of users under paragraph (1).
(4) A public institution, etc. may have its liability for damages caused by fraudulent use of a user's identity by a third party mitigated or discharged, if it has taken the measures for identity verification under paragraph (1) with care as a good manager. <Amended on May 28, 2014>[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 13, 2008][Paragraph (1) 2 of this Article was deleted by Act No. 12681 on May 28, 2014, following the decision of unconstitutionality by the Constitutional Court made on Aug. 23, 2012].