Opinion Koreans Turn Down The Volume The New York Times A quick look into south korea's map service policy, google's fight for better map data, and the companies profiting from the situation. Technically, south korea is still in a war with north korea. during the korean war, the big nations surrounding the korean peninsula, china and russia, were on the north's side. japan was not on the north's side, but you know how south koreans have been worrying about japan after they had been ruled by japan for over 30 years.
Critics See South Korea Internet Curbs As Censorship The New York Times Restrictions on geographic data in south korea south korean geographic data and information is subject to several regulations which severely restrict its reuse. the south korean government defends the restrictions on the grounds of national security. Dr griffin explained that in 2016, south korea offered its state map data to google on the proviso that it didn't expose sensitive military sites in high resolution, but the company refused. This would explain why large areas near the border remain unmapped, and military installations remain unlabeled. many of these installations on both sides of the border are labeled in google earth by third party contributors, however. there is one final quirk to how google delivers map information about korea. South korea censors its maps, making google maps useless and replacing it with a static image that looks and feels different. google maps in south korea is censored due to the country's laws, resulting in missing sensitive locations, but the censorship is revealed in satellite view.
South Korea Government Accused Of Using Defamation Laws To Silence This would explain why large areas near the border remain unmapped, and military installations remain unlabeled. many of these installations on both sides of the border are labeled in google earth by third party contributors, however. there is one final quirk to how google delivers map information about korea. South korea censors its maps, making google maps useless and replacing it with a static image that looks and feels different. google maps in south korea is censored due to the country's laws, resulting in missing sensitive locations, but the censorship is revealed in satellite view. Making its much anticipated ruling on friday, a south korean court determined that the security risks of providing the data to google outweighed the convenience of the company's maps service. They were mostly talking about; how the korean government wouldn’t let google use the sensitive data for its maps that’s to be stored in servers outside of south korea, thus making google maps “less reliable” than other korean companies. unfounded accusations about the korean government restricting access to information for google.
Misinformation Tests South Korea S Commitment To Free Speech The New Making its much anticipated ruling on friday, a south korean court determined that the security risks of providing the data to google outweighed the convenience of the company's maps service. They were mostly talking about; how the korean government wouldn’t let google use the sensitive data for its maps that’s to be stored in servers outside of south korea, thus making google maps “less reliable” than other korean companies. unfounded accusations about the korean government restricting access to information for google.
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