South Korea Investigates Social Media over Phone Records

South Korean authorities have begun investigating several of the country’s leading social media and internet firms amid allegations of collecting user data without consent. On Mar. 30, Korea Communications Commission (KCC) announced [http://www.kcc.go.kr/user.do?boardId=1113&page=A05030000&dc=K00000001&boardSeq=45640&mode=view] an investigation into four major social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Kakao Talk, and Band. The commission will also investigate the data collection policies an