인터넷 뉴스 기사의 악성 댓글로 인한 명예훼손 피해 방지를 위한 연구

Abstract

In a country that advocates democracy, claiming the right to freedom of expression is natural. This is because it is a natural result of democracy that the people's wills are freely expressed based on the freedom of expression, thus forming public opinion. But, if the freedom of expression goes too far and infringes upon the individual's right to honor, rights of a victim will clash with those of a perpetrator. In modern society that exchanges information via the Internet, a method to express oneself is very free. In the past, people expressed their opinions through limited media such as newspapers and publications. These days, there are various online methods such as posting on Internet bulletin boards, writing comments on SNS such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or writing comments on others' posts. Due to this diverse and free self-expression, people tend to lose the awareness that they are infringing on the honor of others. They simply dismiss their behaviors as the freedom of expression and try to cover up their crime. In particular, malicious comments or abusive languages about a specific target are rampant among self-expression in the form of comments on a post or news articles on Internet portal sites, but measures to sanction it is too lukewarm. The target includes celebrities, public figures as well as the general public. Those who are violated by the right to honor complain of damage to law enforcement agencies through lawsuits, but the right to honor lost due to ripple effects of the Internet is beyond recovery. Therefore, new ways of regulation and improvement are needed to share the necessary information and to express oneself freely on the Internet.