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700 cops will launch three-month campaign against online defamation, campaign violations, porn and gambling
Rein in the flaming and look over your shoulder if you'e in Korea - the Asia Media reports this week that Korean officials are apparently intent on tightening control of the Internet for their citizens with a series of raids and other enforcement actions planned.
People committing illegal acts online, including defaming someone or campaigning before government's designated campaign periods begin, will be subject to punishment, police said Monday.
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The move comes after many celebrities claimed to have suffered psychological damage after defamatory comments were posted online. Political user-created content (UCC) is also in the police's crosshairs.
The police will conduct the crackdown during the next three months, with more than 700 cybercrime police officers taking part. Operators of Web sites that host illegal content will be punished, said the spokesman.
Police are looking to cut down on malicious comments, insulting or abusive language, illegal political campaigning, fraud, porn and gambling sites, and spam.
"Unlike previous crackdowns, which focused on specific types of crimes, this crackdown will be a dragnet that targets every kind of cyber offense," an official at the National Police Agency said.
"People used to think cybercrime was high-tech crime that a small number of technicians commit, such as hacking and spreading viruses. However, today we see incidences of the Internet being involved all types of crime, including murder, robbery, fraud, forgery and defamation," the official said.
Among the 70 545 cybercrimes committed last year, fraud accounted for 37.8 percent, followed by hacking, 22.7 percent; libel, 13.4 percent; and illegal Web site operation, 10.4 percent.
The number of those charged with online libel has jumped in recent years with 1 850 in 2004, 3 509 in 2005 and 3 953 last year.
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