「TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS ACT」
the Minister of Science and ICT: Provided, That excluded herefrom shall be any
telecommunications business operator whose sales of the relevant value-added services are
less than the amount determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Science and ICT,
taking into account the market situation, market share, etc. <Amended on Jul. 26, 2017;
Jun. 9, 2020>
(2) A telecommunications business operator shall disclose the matters reported under
paragraph (1).
(3) Procedures for and methods of reporting under paragraph (1) and disclosure under
paragraph (2) shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.
[This Article Newly Inserted on Jan. 27, 2016]
Article 22-5 (Prevention of Circulation of Illegal Filmed Materials by Value-Added
Telecommunications Business Operators) (1) Where a person who has filed a report on the
value-added telecommunications business pursuant to Article 22 (1) (including persons
falling under any subparagraph of Article 22 (4)) or a special value-added
telecommunications business operator who falls under subparagraph 14 (a) of Article 2
(hereinafter referred to as "business operator obliged to take measures") recognizes,
through a report, a request for deletion, a request by institutions or organizations
prescribed by Presidential Decree, etc., the circumstances where the following information
(hereinafter referred to as "illegal filmed materials, etc.") is circulated, among the
information made available to the public and circulated through the information and
telecommunications networks he or she operates and manages, the person shall, without
delay, take measures necessary to prevent the circulation of the relevant information, such
as deleting the information and blocking access thereto: <Amended on Jun. 9, 2020>
1. A filmed material or its copy (including a copy of such copy) under Article 14 of the Act
on Special Cases concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes;
2. An altered, synthesized, or fabricated material or a copy thereof (including a copy of
such copy) under Article 14-2 of the Act on Special Cases concerning the Punishment of
Sexual Crimes;
3. Child or youth sexual exploitation materials under subparagraph 5 of Article 2 of the Act
on the Protection of Children and Youth against Sexual Offenses.
(2) A business operator obliged to take measures prescribed by Presidential Decree, in
consideration of the type of telecommunications services, scale of business, etc., shall take
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