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A Study of Internet Filtering for Public Information Resources

공공정보자원에서의 인터넷 필터링에 관한 연구

  • 김유승 (중앙대학교 문헌정보학과)
  • Published : 2007.06.30
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Abstract

Illegal and harmful information on the Internet have been a great concern not only for regulatory authorities, but also all the public institutes, such as public libraries and schools, that provide Internet access service. In particular, for public libraries which play an important role in organizing, opening and providing information resources in the information society, providing Internet access service are indispensible. Therefore, any changes of Internet content regulatory system may have direct effects on services of public libraries. Due to unique characteristics of the Internet, content refutation on the Internet has made a best use of various regulatory methods, ranging from governmental regulation to self-refutation and technical regulatory methods. However, nation by nation. technical regulatory methods on the Internet have been developed in quite different ways. Applying them on public library has been strongly criticised for violating freedom of expression and rights of access to information. This article begins with a theoretical discussion about free speech rights and refutation on Internet. Then it examines filtering software which is one of the most popular technical regulatory methods based on both technical and socio-humanities' prospects and analyses several governments' regulatory approaches to Internet filtering. As a conclusion, issues concerning Internet filtering at public institutes are critically apprised.

인터넷 상의 불법 유해 정보의 존재는 규제 당국뿐만 아니라 공공도서관과 학교를 비롯하여, 인터넷 서비스를 제공하는 모든 공공정보자원에서 큰 고민거리가 되어온 지 오래다. 특히 현대 정보사회에서 정보자원의 조직과 정보의 공개, 제공 및 이용서비스를 주 임무로 하고 있는 공공도서관의 경우 도서관 이용자들에 대한 인터넷 서비스의 제공은 필수적이라 할 수 있다는 측면에서 인터넷 정보를 둘러싼 규제 환경의 변화는 공공도서관 서비스 전반에 직접적인 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 1990년대 중반부터 본격화된 인터넷 정보에 대한 규제는 인터넷의 고유한 매체특성으로 인하여 법제도적 규제와 함께 기술적 규제 방식이 적극적으로 활용되어 왔다. 그러나 기술적 규제 방식 또한 각 나라마다. 매우 다양한 모습으로 발전하여 왔고, 더욱이 도서관 등과 같은 공공정보자원에서의 기술 규제는 표현의 자유와 알권리, 정보접근원의 침해라는 비판을 받아왔다. 이 글은 인터넷 규제와 표현의 자유에 대한 이론적 논의들로 시작하여, 인터넷에 대한 기술적 규제 방식으로 폭넓게 활용되고 있는 필터링 소프트웨어의 기술적 측면을 살피고, 인터넷 필터링을 중심으로 한 각국의 규제 양상을 비교 분석한다. 이를 통해 공공정보자원에서의 인터넷 필터링을 둘러싼 문제들에 대해 비판적으로 논의하고자 한다.

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