The Korea Times
WASHINGTON — A senior U.S. diplomat on Tuesday expressed optimism about cooperation with South Korea in addressing the United States' concerns over a revision to the Asian country's network act aimed at tackling false online content. During a press conference, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers said that she had "productive" and "constructive" talks with South Korean officials about the amendment to the Information and Communications Network Act during a recent trip to Seoul. The revision is set to take effect in July. After South Korea's National Assembly passed the revision late last year, Rogers had voiced concerns over it, saying the change could give regulators an "invasive license for viewpoint-based censorship" and would undermine technology cooperation. "I had very productive dialogues on this topic, and I think overall, those dialogues were constructive and left me optimistic about our collaboration," she said during the press event hosted by the Foreign Press Center in Washington. The revision seeks to stop acts of spreading illegal and fabricated info
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