The government, the three major telecommunications companies, and Samsung Electronics gathered to review the status of responses to illegal spam.
The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korean Communications Commission held the 'Second General Meeting of the Public-Private Council on Responses to Illegal Spam' on the 10th at the Ministry of Science and ICT conference room in Jongno, Seoul, where they reviewed the progress of comprehensive measures against illegal spam. The Personal Information Protection Commission, the Korean National Police Agency, and other relevant departments, as well as the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) and other specialized organizations, also attended the meeting. SK Telecom, KT, LG Uplus, Samsung Electronics, and mass text message senders were also present.
Attendees reviewed the status of the five strategies and 12 detailed tasks outlined in the 'Comprehensive Measures to Prevent Illegal Spam' announced last November and shared future schedules. The Ministry of Science and ICT reported on the progress of ▲preventing unqualified operators from entering the mass text message market ▲blocking the sending of malicious text messages related to illegal spam ▲utilizing identification systems for sending and blocking ▲preventing the prior blocking of mass texts from overseas sources. The Korean Communications Commission explained ▲publishing spam report status by operator ▲blocking malicious texts based on artificial intelligence (AI) and malicious texts originating from overseas ▲reducing transmission speed for text message relay operators ▲preventing the procurement of number resources by illegal spam senders.
The status of proposed amendments to the 'Telecommunications Business Act' and the 'Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection' for preventing illegal spam was also shared. The three telecommunications companies noted during the meeting that they plan to further strengthen measures to prevent illegal spam damage by ▲reducing filtering time for illegal spam ▲blocking the receipt and transmission of malicious spam ▲providing alert services for recipients of spam texts.
Yido-kyu, the communication policy director of the Ministry of Science and ICT, said, 'We will strengthen cooperation with the private sector to ensure that follow-up actions proceed without delay.'