{
  "id": 6724123,
  "title": "Korea demands years of Google records over sex-crime victim data exposure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/korea-demands-years-of-google-records-over-sex-crime-victim-data",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T07:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20260911/korea-demands-years-of-google-records-over-sex-crime-victim-data-exposure"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Korean government has raised concerns over Google's potential legal liability following the exposure of sensitive personal information submitted in digital sex-crime content removal requests. Minister Won Min-kyung of the Gender Equality and Family Ministry, along with the Korea Media and Communications Commission, is scrutinizing whether Google violated laws protecting sexual crime victims, telecommunications services, and information-and-communications networks. On the same day, the Personal Information Protection Commission initiated an investigation into the incident, requesting Google to provide materials that would shed light on the extent of the data leak and who is responsible for it. The government's probe was triggered after it discovered on August 25 that certain information submitted to Google by sexual crime victims and human rights groups advocating for the removal of illegal sexual content had been posted on an external website, the identity of which has not been disclosed.",
  "summary": "The Korean government said Friday it is reviewing Google’s potential legal liability over the exposure of sensitive personal information submitted in digital sex-crime content removal requests, while demanding that the tech firm disclose whether similar cases occurred dating back to 2018. Gender Equality and Family Minister Won Min-kyung said the ministry, along with the Korea Media and…",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korea demands years of Google records over sex-crime victim data exposure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/korea-demands-years-of-google-records-over-sex-crime-victim-data-6725694",
        "published": "2026-09-11T08:07:03.000Z"
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