President Lee Wants to Pass Legislation to Arrest People for Online Speech
It looks like President Lee wants to be like the U.K. and start jailing people for online speech he does not agree with:
President Lee Jae Myung called Sunday for a public debate on introducing tougher measures against those who post hateful and derogatory content online or engage in such behavior.
Lee made the remarks in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, sharing a report that young people believed to be linked to a far-right online forum had engaged in provocative acts mocking former liberal President Roh Moo-hyun near the site of a memorial ceremony held on the anniversary of his death.
“There are differing views on whether expressions that incite social division and conflict through mockery and insults, such as (those seen on) Ilbe, should be protected under freedom of expression or (face) sanctions, including punishment,” Lee said in the post.
You can read more at the link, but the recent Starbucks controversy was brought up in the article. So does President Lee think the Korean Starbucks CEO should be sent to jail for a bad promotion event?
