Lee Jin-sook (L, seated), a lawmaker of the main opposition People Power Party, quarrels with Kim Hyun (front), a lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party, during a plenary session of the science, ICT, broadcasting and communications committee at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, 30 July 2026. Photo by YONHAP / EPA
Aug. 7 (Asia Today) -- Four Republican members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee have asked South Korea's media regulator for a briefing on how it plans to enforce the country's revised Information and Communications Network Act, arguing the law could infringe on the constitutional rights of U.S. companies and users and be used to suppress politically disfavored views.
The lawmakers said the revised law, which took effect July 7, could expose U.S. companies such as YouTube and their users to penalties without sufficiently clear standards for determining what constitutes false information.
The request follows a House Judiciary Committee subpoena issued to Coupang in February and a July report in which the Republican-led committee accused the South Korean government of discriminating against U.S.-owned businesses.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio and Reps. Scott Fitzgerald of Wisconsin, Darrell Issa of California and Michael Baumgartner of Washington sent a letter to the Korea Media and Communications Commission seeking details about its enforcement plans. Jordan made the letter public on X.
