Korea: The downside of broadband society

Korea is one of the most Internet-connected countries on the planet, but "online life" has generated a number of social problems.

Last year, Korean TV actor Yungchul Kim met an incident that he cannot forget until now. Number one, Yungchul Kim hosted a show for a TV show, and was broadcast live on the Internet. While hosting the show, Yungchul Kim joked that a famous pop star of this country has a fake smile. Immediately this comment was considered malicious by netizens, the pop star fans and threatened to kill Yungchul Kim.

Source: physorg " It's just a joke, but fans don't think that way, " Yungchul Kim said at the time. " They were very serious. They said they would kill me. That was the worst day of my life ."

These threats last for 12 months, and it is also the starting point in a phenomenon called "cybercrime" in Korean society.

In a society where information spread so quickly like Korea, social behaviors, even for law enforcement agencies, changed. All police headquarters in this Kimchi country have cyber-terrorism units, to assist colleagues in the criminal investigation process.

The number of cases involving the Korean Internet Commission has tripled this year. In fact, these crimes are mainly related to unintentional jokes or threats of Internet users. In addition, the underground world team (hackers) is also considered very powerful in this country.

Under these circumstances, Korean law-enforcement agencies are expected to adopt a new law next year, whereby everyone who wants to share views online will be forced to disclose their names (real names). ) and personal identification card number (like ID card type). This ability will help police easily find clues when investigating the case.