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청소년 보호법 (former) Article 26, mandatory online game curfew (shutdown system), repealed

청소년 보호법 (Youth Protection Act) former Art. 26, repealed by Act No. 18550 (promulgated )

An age-appropriate design code rule binding private bodies.

Private right of action
No
Age threshold
16
Covered services
Online games provided to users in South Korea

What it requires

  • Repealed effective (the repeal was promulgated ), so this rule no longer binds; read it as context rather than a live duty.
  • Before its repeal it barred online game providers from offering internet games to anyone under 16 between midnight and 6 a.m. (the shutdown system, or Cinderella law); game-time control is now the parental-choice Game Time Selection System under the Game Industry Promotion Act.

These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text. Also read by: Constitutional Court of Korea, judgment of , case no. 2011Hun-Ma659 and joined cases (Full Bench), Youth Protection Act Article 23-3 and related provisions, constitutional complaint (recorded ).

Who enforces it

Enforcement body

Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (여성가족부)

Settledness

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism states that the mandatory shutdown system was abolished from .

As of
Case link
https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/detcInfoP.do?detcSeq=35976
Case citation
Constitutional Court of Korea, judgment of , case no. 2011Hun-Ma659 and joined cases (Full Bench), Youth Protection Act Article 23-3 and related provisions, constitutional complaint

What this law does

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Research summary

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Formerly barred online game providers from offering internet games to anyone under 16 between midnight and 6 a.m., commonly called the shutdown system or Cinderella law. The National Assembly passed the repeal on , the repeal was promulgated as Act No. 18550 on , and it took effect on , unifying game-time control into the parental-choice Game Time Selection System under the Game Industry Promotion Act.

When LexLint raises it

When your app profile says your app serves under-18s.

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