March 8, 2006
South Korea has a national online identification system
‘Cyberviolence’ Plagues South Korea - Yahoo! News
One of the most well-known recent cases of online humiliation involved a woman who failed to clean up after her dog defecated inside a subway car last year. Another passenger took a photo with a mobile phone and posted it, drawing widespread condemnation from Internet users.
Now, law enforcement and the government are taking action. Trying to prevent anonymous attacks, the government said in December it would require Web sites to confirm users’ real names before they can post.
Many South Korean Web sites already require users to enter their national identification numbers to get accounts, which are verified through a government system.
The government says a bill on the real-name authentication will be submitted to the National Assembly in the first half of this year.
Wow… a national online verified identification system. I wonder if this has been controversial there. Does anyone know?
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