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- The new law, effective Tuesday, lets courts award damages up to five times the loss and fines up to 1 billion won for false-information posts.
- The Korea Media and Communications Commission says private platforms will decide false-information status, exempting public-interest reporting.
- The Journalists Association of Korea warned that massive damage claims could chill media criticism, prompting Professor Kim Hong-yeol to say the law may spur self-censorship and over-moderation by firms.
