Korea weighs citizen-led rules on online gender hate

The South Korean government is considering creating a citizen body to define gender-based hate speech online and build public consensus on how to respond to it, local media reported Friday.

According to Newsis, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family is reviewing measures to address the longstanding social problem through a citizen body tasked with building public consensus on what constitutes hate speech and how it should be handled.

The proposal also calls for greater self-regulation by onl ...