The bereaved families of the Itaewon disaster urged the two portal companies, including Naver and Kakao, to close the comment window on reports related to the Itaewon disaster memorial festival.
Kakao decided to temporarily suspend its comment service, while Naver decided to maintain it again this time.
On the 2nd, the October 29 Itaewon Disaster Family Council and the October 29 Itaewon Disaster Citizens' Countermeasure Meeting said, "The October 29 Itaewon Disaster 100 Day Citizens' Memorial Contest will be held at 2 p.m. on the 4th at Gwanghwamun Book Square."
They asked the portal company to temporarily suspend the comment service on reports related to the Itaewon disaster from the 3rd to the 5th of this month.
Earlier on December 16 last year, a group of bereaved families of Itaewon disaster appealed to Naver and Kakao to close the press comment window on the Itaewon disaster civic memorial system. Accordingly, Kakao stopped the comment service on the portal 'Daum' news on the same day.
On the other hand, Naver has taken measures to allow media companies to autonomously decide whether to operate the comment window. Naver announced that it could use the function of "setting the suspension of commenting by article" to each media company without stopping the comment service altogether.
At the request of the bereaved families of the Itaewon disaster, the two portal companies decided to take the same action as before.
Kakao has decided to stop commenting services on reports related to the Itaewon disaster citizen memorial system. A Kakao official said, "For the next news, the comment service for articles related to the Itaewon disaster will be suspended for three days from the 3rd to the 5th of this month."
Naver has decided to inform media companies that it can autonomously decide whether to operate the comment window or not. A Naver official said, "Naver News is implementing a comment media selection system in which each media company directly selects and operates the media article's comment provision method," adding, "This time, we will also operate it by announcing related contents to the media."
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