MSIT and KCC Strengthen Cooperation on AI, Media, and Digital Policy
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The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Communications Commission held the first working-level meeting as a follow-up to their June high-level policy council and discussed cooperation on AI, media, and digital policy.
At the meeting, they covered preparations for establishing the Korea Broadcast Media and Communications Promotion Agency, ground-based UHD broadcasting policy, and user protection in infringement incidents.
The two ministries are also continuing cooperation on AI training data provision, participation in the AI Basic Act institutional improvement working group, and OTT events.
The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Communications Commission said on the 17th that they are strengthening cooperation on AI, media, and digital policy.
The two ministries held a high-level policy council in June and, based on the cooperation direction set at that council, convened the first working-level meeting as a follow-up measure.
The purpose of the existing cooperation agreement is to respond to changes in the media and digital environment in the AI era.
The areas covered by the existing cooperation agreement are artificial intelligence (AI), media and online video services (OTT), and digital regulation and user protection.
At the first working-level meeting, the two sides reviewed the progress of the cooperative tasks under the existing agreement.
At the meeting, the two ministries discussed preparations for establishing the Korea Broadcast Media and Communications Promotion Agency, ground-based UHD broadcasting policy, and user protection in the event of infringement incidents.
Cooperation between the KCC and the MSIT is expanding to AI and OTT. The two ministries are continuing cooperation in the AI and OTT sectors, and are also separately pushing ahead with the establishment of the Korea Broadcast Media and Communications Promotion Agency.
In the AI sector, the KCC provided broadcast video AI training data it had built to the MSIT's AI Hub. The data was provided on the 5th of last month, and it consists of 10 types, including backgrounds, people, objects, and subtitles, for a total of more than 1.17 million items.
In addition, the KCC began participating in the AI Basic Act institutional improvement working group, which the MSIT is pursuing, starting in June. Based on the provision of such training data and their joint participation in the working group, the two ministries plan to cooperate on establishing systems for the safe use of AI.
Cooperation in the OTT sector is also continuing. The KCC participated in the 'Korea International Streaming Festival,' which the MSIT held in June, and was responsible for attracting investment and operating the promotional booth.
In addition, the 'International OTT Forum,' scheduled for November, will be hosted by the KCC, and the MSIT also plans to participate. Cooperation between the two ministries in the OTT sector is taking the form of mutual participation in each other's events.
The two ministries also agreed to cooperate on the establishment of the Korea Broadcast Media and Communications Promotion Agency. The agency will be responsible for supporting the promotion of broadcasting media, supporting the protection of user rights and interests, and supporting the revitalization of the broadcasting advertising industry, and will be established by integrating and abolishing the Korea Media Rating Board and the Korea Broadcasting Promotion Corporation under the KCC. The related bill passed the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee on the 9th.
The two ministries plan to first form the agency's establishment committee in connection with the agency's launch. The committee will include two members recommended by the MSIT.
The two ministries will continue discussions on the scope of the transfer of some projects and assets of MSIT-affiliated institutions. The institutions mentioned as transfer targets were the Korea Radio Promotion Association, the Korea Internet & Security Agency, the National Information Society Agency, the Korea Information and Communication Promotion Association, and the Korea Radio Promotion Association.
The items mentioned are some projects and assets of those institutions. The two ministries then agreed to jointly respond to ground-based UHD broadcasting policy in the broadcasting sector.
In the process of drawing up the future 'next-generation terrestrial broadcasting policy plan,' the two sides will jointly discuss the construction of a ground-based UHD broadcasting network and also jointly discuss spectrum policy.
In the area of user protection, the two ministries will strengthen policy cooperation on protecting users in the event of infringement incidents. They also plan to cooperate on the design and operation of the user protection performance evaluation system for infringement incidents, which will be newly introduced through revisions to the Telecommunications Business Act, and the system is scheduled to take effect next year.
Park Dong-ju, secretary general of the KCC, said it was meaningful that the two ministries had built a continuous cooperation system after the previous high-level policy council. He added that they would further strengthen working-level cooperation in areas with high public impact, such as major pending issues as well as user protection and complaint response.
Choi Hyo-uk, head of the Information Security and Network Policy Bureau at the MSIT, said he would continue to push ahead with policy councils and working-level councils. He also said the ministry would work together to devise response measures for AI issues, media and OTT issues, and digital regulation issues.
Source: IT DAILY · Seong Won-young
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