Kim Jong-cheol, chair of the Broadcasting Media and Communications Commission, strikes the gavel at the ‘18th Plenary Session of 2026’ held on the 18th of last month at the Government Complex in Gwacheon. Provided by the Broadcasting Media and Communications Commission

The Broadcasting Media and Communications Commission has disclosed eight major domestic and overseas platforms that are subject to obligations to respond to false/manipulated information under the amended Information and Communications Network Act.

At a related briefing held that day at the Commission headquarters in Gwacheon, Shin Young-gyun, Director-General of the Broadcasting and Telecommunications User Policy Bureau, stated, “The domestic operators subject to regulation are Naver·Kakao·Nate·DC Inside, and the foreign operators are Google·Meta·X(X)·TikTok.” These platforms each had an average of at least 1 million daily users during the preceding three months, based on the end of the previous year.

The eight operators must establish autonomous operating policies to respond to false/manipulated information and operate procedures for receiving and handling reports. Platforms will determine, in accordance with their operating policies, whether content constitutes false/manipulated information and will process it. They must also notify both the complainant and the information poster of report receipt and the results of any measures, and publish a transparency report containing operating status.

The Commission plans to inspect whether platforms properly fulfill their legal obligations and to supervise actual operations. Regarding International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) certification, the Commission stated that currently there is one certified domestic organization, JTBC, and three additional organizations are undergoing certification procedures.

In response to criticism that some platforms have not sufficiently provided reporting functions, Shin said, “We plan to ask businesses for cooperation,” adding, “There is authority to investigate and supervise ex post whether operators appropriately run their autonomous operating policies.”