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Samsung Electronics will convert its main internal community, NOW Talk, to a full real-name system.

According to the industry on the 17th, Samsung Electronics notified employees that NOW Talk would switch to a full real-name system starting at midnight on the 18th.

NOW Talk is an internal communication space where Samsung Electronics employees quickly share company news and policies.

The platform, which had previously operated anonymously, will now display the names of authors for both posts and comments.

The move follows the revised Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, which took effect on the 7th of last month and explicitly established liability for damages caused by violations of personal rights and the distribution of false or manipulated information. The revised law also redefined the scope of illegal information, introduced new regulations on false or manipulated information, and set out rules on damages related to the distribution of such information.

Samsung Electronics said cases had continued in which employees used anonymity to defame others or spread unverified claims, undermining the company’s internal communication culture.

In this regard, Samsung Electronics said, “We are changing the way NOW Talk is operated to protect employees from defamation and violations of personal rights, and to establish a communication culture based on mutual respect.”

However, existing posts written before the switch to the real-name system will not be retroactively converted to real names. Users will still be able to view all posts through the ‘NOW’ menu at the top of the main page, as before.

This article has been translated by GripLabs Mingo AI.

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