Ministry of Science and Technology applies Netflix law for the first time on Google for’connection jamming’

Google access error occurred on the 14th of this month
Configure experts to investigate the cause of the error
Content Wave is designated as an investigation target

#The Ministry of Science, ICT, and ICT (Ministry of Science and Technology) requested #Google to submit additional data to investigate the actual condition of connection errors.

In December of last year, the Ministry of Science and Technology requested an immediate data submission as Google’s access error occurred immediately after the telecommunications business law (Netflix Prevention Act) revised. Earlier this month, it also imposed the first additional data submission for supplementation.

The Ministry of Science and Technology has completed the composition of experts to investigate the cause of the disorder. It is a will to impose corrective orders and fines against Google within this month as much as possible.

Google is the first to apply the Netflix Act. This is because all services that require login, such as Google and YouTube on the 14th, were disrupted for about 45 minutes around the world.

Google submitted data at the end of last year stating that the authentication system failed due to a problem with the storage quota, which is an internal storage space. It also contained plans for recurrence prevention measures and Korean announcements.

According to industry sources on the 18th, the Ministry of Science and Technology confirmed that the Ministry of Science and Technology recently requested the second submission of additional data regarding the Google service error that occurred on December 14 last year.

An official from the Ministry of Science and Technology said, “There are some unclear aspects such as Google’s service stability measures, so we requested to supplement the data.” “I plan to announce the results.”

The Ministry of Science and Technology explained that the second request for data submission is only a normal procedure as a procedure for a more clear fact-finding investigation rather than because the initially submitted data is insufficient. It is known that minimal physical time is consumed for accurate translation because it requires direct communication with the Google headquarters and technical content.

In addition, the Ministry of Science and Technology organized a team of around 10 experts to investigate the cause of Google service failures for quick judgment. Experts conduct a technical review of the data submitted by Google. In the process, if Google’s intention or negligence is found in the server capacity and network quality, a corrective order is issued. If the corrective order is not fulfilled, a fine of not more than 10 million won may be imposed.

The Netflix Act, which was enforced on the 10th of last month, is a law that secures service stabilization measures such as server capacity increase and server multiplexing for value-added telecommunications operators with more than 1 million people a day and more than 1% of domestic traffic. As of last year, this includes Naver, Kakao, Google, Facebook, and Netflix.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Science and Technology may request data submission from these companies when it is determined that a service failure occurs or service stability has not been secured.

On the other hand, on this day, the Ministry of Science and Technology has additionally designated Content Wave in addition to existing operators such as Naver, Kakao, Google, Facebook, and Netflix as the target of the 2021 Netflix Act. It plans to confirm the target business in early February after collecting business opinions.