They are now calling for public interest and support for a legislative petition concerning the confiscation of profits and punitive damages related to cyberwreckers.
On July 28th, the two attorneys announced through a statement that on July 22nd, they had submitted a petition to the National Assembly for the amendment of the Information and Communications Network Act (also known as the “Cyberwrecker Prevention Act”). This amendment aims to confiscate the profits and impose punitive damages on cyberwreckers who disseminate fake news.
The National Assembly’s public petition system allows a bill to be submitted to the Legislation and Judiciary Committee if 50,000 citizens agree to the petition within 30 days.
The attorneys emphasized that numerous celebrities have suffered significant harm due to fake news spread by cyberwreckers. Despite the considerable damage caused, there has been little recourse for the victims, and the number of cyberwreckers and fake news is increasing uncontrollably.
They pointed out that the investigation period for defamation due to false information is lengthy, while the penalties and compensation for victims are very low. This legal structure and practice have inherent structural issues that provide substantial profits to cyberwreckers.
The attorneys further highlighted that cyberwreckers often evade social responsibility, earn enormous YouTube revenues, or extort money from victims under the pretext of broadcasting. Unfortunately, the current legal system is inadequate to prevent this. They argued that to effectively prevent damage from cyberwreckers, it is necessary to cut off the profits derived from spreading fake news, in addition to existing criminal penalties and compensation.
They proposed that the time has come to consider a system where all profits obtained through fake news (including channel revenues, advertising revenues, and extorted money) are used for compensating the victims or confiscated by the state. This is the rationale behind their submission of the “Cyberwrecker Prevention Act” petition to the National Assembly.
Recently, it was revealed that YouTubers Goo Je-yeok, Caracula (real name Lee Se-wook) and Jeon Guk-jin had extorted money from Tzuyang, a famous YouTuber with 10 million subscribers, causing a significant stir.
Goo Je-yeok and Jeon Guk-jin are currently under investigation. There is a growing call among netizens to eradicate cyberwreckers due to the indiscriminate spread of fake news.
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