
Episode 419 • • 1:43:50 - 1:46:15
419: Degrowth
South Korea Internet Identification System, Cyber Bullying Meme
A listener in South Korea describes the country's "real name" internet identification system, which was expanded in 2009 to combat cyberbullying. The government used the suicides of celebrities as a pretext for the law, which requires users to verify their identity with citizen ID numbers. The hosts speculate that a similar "script" involving celebrity depression could be used to implement internet censorship in the West.
