Protection (hereinafter referred to as “information and communications network”), and slander them by publicly revealing the facts with hostility: Provided, That this shall not apply where such facts are true and serve the public interest. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2012> (3) When an election commission at any level (excluding an Eup/Myeon/Dong election commission) or a candidate has found that any information violating the provisions of this Act was posted on a website or a bulletin board, chatting page, etc. thereof or transmitted through an information and communications network, the election commission or the candidate may request the person who manages or operates the website posting the relevant information to delete the information, or may request the manager or operator of the website handling the transmitted information or the provider of information and communications services under Article 2 (1) 3 of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "provider of information and communications services") to refuse, suspend, or restrict the said handling. In such cases, when the manager or operator of such website or the provider of information and communications services does not comply with the candidate’s request, the candidate may notify the competent constituency election commission of the fact in writing, while if the competent constituency election commission deems that the information that the candidate requests to delete or the information the handling of which the candidate requests to refuse, suspend, or restrict violates any provision of this Act, it may request the manager or operator of the relevant website or the provider of information and communications services to delete the information or to refuse, suspend, or restrict the handling of such information. <Amended on Aug. 4, 2005; Feb. 29, 2012> (4) The manager or operator of a website or the provider of information and communications services who has received a request from an election commission pursuant to paragraph (3) shall comply with it without delay. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2012> (5) The manager or operator of a website or the provider of information and communications services who has received a request from an election commission pursuant to paragraph (3), may raise objections to the election commission that has made such request within three days from receiving the said request, and the person who has posted or transmitted the relevant information may do so within three days from the date on which the relevant information was deleted or any handling thereof was refused, suspended or restricted. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2012> (6) The manager or operator of a website or the provider of information and communications services who deletes the relevant information or refuses, restricts, or suspends the handling thereof at the request of an election commission pursuant to paragraph (3) shall give notice thereof to the person who posted or transmitted the information, by posting the following details on the relevant website or a bulletin board, chatting page, etc. thereof or by other means: <Newly Inserted on Mar. 25, 2020> 1. The fact that there was a request under paragraph (3) from an election commission; 2. The fact that an objection may be raised under paragraph (5).