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Four years ago, when the government and the ruling party announced that they would obscure fake news, the opposition had objected, "Do not underestimate the purifying function of SNS." Now that I have changed my mind, I am changing my words.

Kwon Ji-yoon, the reporter.

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[Park Geun-hye / President of the day (September 16, 2014 State Council): The dismissal of the cyber-ideology is beyond the scope of disclosure.

Two days after the presidential remarks, the prosecution poured out countermeasures such as "misrepresenting false facts" and "strengthening monitoring".

The Democratic Party, which was the opposition party at the time, responded immediately, saying it was retrograde.

[Kim Young-keun / New Democratic Party (Democratic Party) spokesperson (September 26, 2014): SNS activity space with cleansing function. It is pointed out that a large number of mature SNS users are beaten down.]

As a result of the cyber-asylum crisis, I was blamed for being an "IT Security Officer".

Four years later, the Democratic Party, which did not want to underestimate the SNS midnight action, constitutes a special position and supports the government 's stern measures.

[Hong Young-pyo / President of the Democratic Party (last 17th): We want to focus on SNS, a medium for spreading false manipulation information.

The Republic of Korea, which has raised expectations for SNS activities by conservative commentators, says "Freedom of expression" only four years later.

[Kim Sung-tae / President of the Liberal Democratic Party (last 12th): The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) is trying to curb the media ... I hope that the attitude that regards the policy as a childish mischief.

The Constitutional Court ruled in 2010 that it was unconstitutional to punish the "false communication aimed at harming the public interest".

The public interest judgments must be largely changed according to the values ​​of the people, and the harmfulness of the information should be left to the self-correction function of the society, not the state.

(Image coverage: Gong Jung-gu, Image editing: Lee Seung-hee)