(7) Filing a request to delete, etc. the posting of any illegal information, raising objections and other
necessary matters shall be prescribed by the National Election Commission Regulations. <Amended on Mar.
25, 2020>
[Moved from Article 82-3 <Mar. 12, 2004>]
Article 82-5 (Restriction on Transmission of Election Campaign Information)
(1) No person shall be allowed to transmit the information for election campaigns in opposition to an
expressed intent of the information recipient to refuse any receipt of messages.
(2) When a preliminary candidate or a candidate sends information for election campaigns in the form of a
text message by means of automatic broadcast communications pursuant to subparagraph 2 or 3 of Article
59 (hereinafter referred to as “information for election campaigns”) or entrusts a transmitting agency with
the transmission of such information by e-mail, he or she shall clearly state the following matters in the
information for election campaigns: <Amended on Aug. 4, 2005; Jan. 25, 2010; Feb. 29, 2012; Feb. 8, 2017>
1. The fact that the information is for election campaign;
2. The telephone number by which text messages are sent;
3. The telephone number to which illegally collected information is reported;
4. Matters concerning the measures and methods capable of easily making an indication of intent to
refuse any receipt of messages.
(3) Deleted. <Jan. 17, 2012>
(4) Any person who transmits the election campaign information shall be prohibited from taking any
technical measures in order to avoid or obstruct any refusal of receiving the messages by the receiver.
(5) Any person who transmits the election campaign information shall take necessary measures so as to
ensure the receiver does not bear any telephone fees and other monetary expenses to be incurred when the
receiver refuses to receive any messages.
(6) No person shall be allowed to transmit the election campaign information by utilizing the programs of
automatically creating a contact place of the receiver, such as the telephone number, e-mail address, etc.
by mixing the numerals, symbols or letters, and other technical apparatuses.
Article 82-6 (Identification of Real Names on Bulletin Boards or Chatting Pages of Internet Press
Agencies)
(1) If any Internet press agency allows anyone to post information (hereafter in this Article referred to as
"information, etc.") including texts, voice, pictures or video clips expressing his or her support for or
opposition to candidates or political parties on a bulletin board, chatting page, etc., of the relevant website
during the election campaign period, it shall take technical measures to have his or her real name
identified in the real name certification method provided by the Minister of the Interior and Safety or a
consumer reporting agency under subparagraph 5 (a) of Article 2 of the Credit Information Use and
Protection Act (hereafter in this Article referred to as “consumer reporting agency”): Provided, That where
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