• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.14 no.3_2
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• pp.51-59
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• 2014

Korea also has tried to regulate the obscenity which is floating on the Internet in order to protect mainly minors. There are many statutes enacted to prohibit circulating pornographies to minors. However, there were minors who independently disseminate the pornographies to other minors. In the end, I can tell that existing statutes have not at least effectively regulate the obscenity on the Internet. Therefore, this article examines a possible limit of pornography on the Internet for the protection of minors, reviewing the CDA and the U.S. Courts' decisions. This article also examines the existing statutes' standard for regulating obscenity on the Internet in Korea. In addition, the article also tries to make a proposal to Korean legal systems that govern the obscenity on the internet.