
In the National Assembly audit, Kim Jong-cheol, Chairman of the Korea Media and Communications Commission, presented major policy tasks as strengthening sanctions by establishing fines for illegal spam and increasing fines for violating prohibited acts in the telecommunications market, reflecting fact checks in broadcast evaluations, protecting children and adolescents from deepfake sexual crimes, improving transparency of AI product labeling and recommendation algorithms, supporting overseas expansion of OTT and supporting AI and data-based content production to strengthen the competitiveness of the media industry, and quickly establishing the Korea Broadcasting Media Promotion Agency.
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Chairman Kim Jong-cheol of the Korea Communications Commission presented policy directions related to improving the media environment during the government audit.
Enhancing transparency of AI product labeling and recommendation algorithms… Promotion of establishment of Media Promotion Agency
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hyunmin Yoo = Kim Jong-cheol, chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, said on the 12th, "We will strengthen sanctions against unfair practices, such as establishing a new fine to recover unfair profits from illegal spam and increasing fines for violating prohibited acts in the telecommunications market."
Chairman Kim said this in his address to the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee on this day, presenting the creation of a safe digital and media use environment as a major policy task.
Chairman Kim explained that he will pursue four major goals: restoring the public nature and autonomy of broadcasting media, realizing a 'basic media society', strengthening the competitiveness of the media and digital industries, and creating a safe digital and media environment.
In order to increase the fairness and reliability of broadcasting, we plan to reflect broadcasters' fact-checking efforts in broadcast evaluations and expand the collection of viewer opinions in re-licensing and re-approval reviews.
In addition, we will protect children and adolescents from deepfake sexual crime materials, and revise laws to protect users, such as a labeling system for artificial intelligence (AI) products and increasing transparency of recommendation algorithms.
In order to strengthen the competitiveness of the media industry, we plan to support the overseas expansion of domestic online video services (OTT) and the production of AI- and data-based content, and prepare a strategy to promote paid broadcasting within the year.
Chairman Kim also announced that he would quickly establish the Korea Broadcasting Media Promotion Agency to support policy implementation and communicate with the National Assembly to secure financial resources for new promotion projects.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The Korea Broadcasting Media Agency will be established as soon as possible.
Likely · Within months
Legislation will be promoted to improve the transparency of AI product labeling and recommendation algorithms.
Likely · Within months

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