( September 14, 2026, 03:06 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Google, Meta Korea, X Korea, TikTok Korea and eight other foreign companies have been urged by the South Korean media-content regulator to strengthen safeguards for information contained in takedown requests after Google allegedly provided information submitted to remove digital sex-crime content to an outside organization, where it was made public. The Korea Communications Standards Commission said Sunday it has sought removal of the material and related Google search results and shared the case with the International Association of Internet Hotlines, the Global Online Safety Regulators Network, the International Institute of Communications and the US National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. It also separately urged Cloudflare to establish stronger systems to prevent sensitive information in regulatory requests from being externally shared, redistributed or disclosed.Statement is attached (in Korean)....
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