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A study on the Internet’s liability for illegal and unsound Internet ads - Focus on Internet portals, the media of advertisements -

  • Informatization Policy
  • Abbr : 정보화정책
  • 2009, 16(1), pp.102-120
  • Publisher : NIA
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy

Lee Byung Jun 1

1한국외국어대학교

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ABSTRACT

Most illegal ad problems related to Internet portals can be solved through existing advertisingrelated laws, but for some new phenomena, concrete standards have not been established yet. So this paper examined two interesting judicial cases. The first case is about illegal ads carried through search services. The decision on the case was that a portal site does not have a duty to monitor illegal ads when it is not aware of them, and although there is a complaint against illegal ads, it is just enough for a portal to apply minimum ad filtering to its search service. The decision is reasonable because the search service is a sort of a public service and thus the blocking of information should not be excessive. The other case is about whether Internet portals as brokers can accuse online sellers of responsibility for illegal ads. The decision on the case was that online sellers are under administrative restrictions according to the Labeling and Advertising Law. It is needed to evaluate the subjectivity of an advertiser from a more objective point of view in order not only to protect consumers, but also to establish fair trade order.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.