[x-pubpol] South Korea to abandon “real name” internet policy

[Joly MacFie]

http://boingboing.net/2011/08/12/south-korea-to-abandon-real-name-internet-policy.html

South Korea's plan to abandon its "real-name system" for Internet users was
reaffirmed after the country's worst online security breach in history. In
July, personal data for about 35 million users of the popular South Korean
social sites Nate and its subsidiary Cyworld were stolen in a large-scale
hacking attack.

The Ministry of Public Administration and Security is set to report to
ruling party lawmakers about comprehensive measures to protect personal
information online, including abolishing the real-name registration system,
Yonhap news agency said. The real-name system, introduced in 2007, requires
people to use their real names and resident registration numbers when making
online postings on websites with more than 100,000 visitors per day


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