The National Human Rights Commission of Korea published the press release on the Human Rights Impact Assessment tool for AI. The commission developed the tool and recommended the Minister of…
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We urge the Korean government and other governments to develop robust international norms to protect citizens’ safety and human rights from the risks of artificial intelligence The AI Seoul...
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The risks of artificial intelligence and the response of Korean civil society SOURCE: The risks of artificial intelligence and the response of Korean civil society AUTHORED BY: Byoung-il...
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A Digital Policy Report Card for South Korea SOURCE: A Digital Policy Report Card for South Korea AUTHORED BY: Byoung-il Oh ORGANIZATION: Korean Progressive Network Jinbonet WEBSITE: https://www.jinbo.net...
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In South Korea, there have been cases where automatic algorithms and AI have raised concern about the negative impact on human rights. In particular, the opacity and discrimination of recruitment...
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PROTECTING CIVIL RIGHTS AGAINST CORPORATE SURVEILLANCE IN SOUTH KOREA SOURCE: https://genderit.org/articles/protecting-civil-rights-against-corporate-surveillance-south-korea AUTHORED BY: Byoung-il Oh ORGANIZATION: Korean Progressive Network Jinbonet WEBSITE: https://www.jinbo.net Photo by Sugarman Joe on Unsplash...
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Big Tech Monopoly and Civil Society Response in the Republic of Korea Project title: Response to Big Tech’s monopoly and infringement of personal data source: Big Tech’s monopoly and infringement of personal data Name of project leader: Byoung-il Oh ...
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Introduction of surveillance technologies in the name of responding to infectious diseases SOURCE: https://www.giswatch.org/en/country-report/korea AUTHORED BY: Byoung-il Oh ORGANIZATION: Korean Progressive Network Jinbonet WEBSITE: https://www.jinbo.net Download reports_ GLOBAL...
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September 16, 2021 The President of the Republic of Korea The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Re: Proposed Amendments to the Press Arbitration Law Dear Members of the…
Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee(“PIDMC”) in South Korea has announced on July 8th, in an official statement that it made a resolution to commence the collective dispute mediation proceedings between…
진보통신연합 APC(Association for Progressive Communications)가 매년 발행하는 세계정보사회감시 보고서(Global Information Society Watch, GIS Watch) 2020이 발행되었습니다. 2020 GIS Watch 보고서는 “기술과 환경, 그리고 지속가능한 세계”(Technology, the environment and a sustainable…
Two organizations, Korean Progressive Network JINBONET and Institute for Digital Rights, jointly published a report titled <Covid-19 and the Right to Privacy : an Analysis of South Korean Experiences>. South…
In the face of COVID-19, countries are responding in various ways depending on their situation. Some, such as Taiwan, have responded quickly by blocking entry from other countries in the…
In the era of COVID-19, is S.Korea’s ‘new normal’ a digital surveillance state? Immediately withdraw the plan to introduce electronic entry register system! Korean Statement: https://act.jinbo.net/wp/42955/ On May 25,…
In response to COVID-19, digital rights should be respected – When publishing whereabouts of infected individuals, exposure of personal information should be restricted – Personal information collected for the purpose…
Introduction On 15 September 2017, the 6th South Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF) was held at Sejong University.1 The KrIGF is hosted by the Korea Internet Governance Alliance (KIGA),2 a…
수 신 : 각 언론사 한미 FTA 취재 기자 발 신 : 한미 FTA 폐기를 촉구하는 한미 시민사회 공동 네트워크 담 당 : 남희섭 (010-3925-2797, hurips@gmail.com) Arthur Stamoulis (202-494-8826, media@citizenstrade.org)…
아시아태평양 지역 55개 시민사회단체, RCEP 협상국에 실질적인 의견교환 세션 요청 기업들에게는 협상 내용 알려주면서 시민사회는 물론 국회에도 비밀주의 고수하는 편향적인 FTA 협상은 수용할 수 없어 역내포괄적동반자협정(RCEP) 제20차 협상이 내일부터...
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http://www.giswatch.org/en/country-report/economic-social-and-cultural-rights-escrs/korea-republic Introduction The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)1 deals with cultural rights in its Article 15, protecting the right of everyone “to take part in…
Through the struggle of internet rights and sexual rights groups for freedom of expression on the internet, and since the revision of the criteria of online content harmful to juveniles by deleting homosexuality from the criteria in 2004, there has not been direct censorship of online content related to homosexuality on the internet.
But this does not mean that sexual minorities are free to express themselves on the internet. One of the big barriers to the freedom of expression of sexual minorities is hate speech.
