THE VIOLATION OF THE FREEDOM OF PLAY BY THE GAME RATING AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE OF SOUTH KOREA

Jeonghoon Lee and Ji-Yeon Im

Abstract

The aim of this study was to predict the situation and future harm that the Korea Game Rating and Administration Commission had reviewed from August 2022 to present with a problem that violated people's freedom of play. The issue began with a worsening gender dispute between Korean gamers who exchanged attacks and reported games to the committee to prevent distribution of game content enjoyed by the other gender group. The committee neglected to confirm the nature of these issues faithfully and issued a recommendation to readjust the level of expression of games involved in the dispute or register the age rating upward. By fact-finding and reviewing related prior theories and research, this study confirmed that the committee abandoned grasping the nature of the problem, thereby violating freedom of play and letting social dispute get worse.