ゲーム規制に21万人が憲法異議申し立て、ユーチューバーが率先し過去最大規模に=韓国
210,000 people file constitutional challenge against game regulations in South Korea, the largest ever, led by YouTubers
"The video content 'Squid Game' is valued as Korean content, but similar games are banned from sale due to their violence. Among Korean content, games are the only
Kim Sung-hee, a YouTuber with 920,000 followers, held a press conference to demand constitutional objections to the "Game Business Law."
If you create or distribute game content that falls under the category of "concerns that the excessive depiction of violence, obscenity, etc. may upset social order by inciting criminal or imitative psychology," you will be subject to criminal punishment.
The argument is that the current situation is unconstitutional under Article 32, Paragraph 2, Item 3 of the Game Industry Law, which allows gamers to purchase games from other games. A total of 210,750 people have joined the constitutional challenge. The Constitutional Court was established in 2008.
Kim and the Korea Game Users Association said the interpretation and scope of the law's provision was too broad, going beyond freedom of expression to restrict the creative freedom of game companies and the rights of game users.
"The government's censorship of movies and music was ruled unconstitutional in 1996. The government's censorship of Korean game users is
"We are not asking for special treatment, but simply to avoid being treated in a discriminatory manner."
2024/10/10 09:20 KST
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