[AXEH]

The production and sale of pornography are illegal in South Korea. The South Korean government also strictly blocks access to pornography distributed from overseas. ISPs have implemented a DPI system similar to China’s to ensure internet censorship and blocking. Ultimately, the production and sharing of amateur pornography in South Korea is effectively being driven by the government, regardless of South Koreans’ moral standards.

[landgenoot]

Could you elaborate on the DPI? Are VPN's banned or only specific VPN traffic.

[easternchinaman]

They aren't blocking VPNs; they are blocking access to "illegal sites" designated by the government. There have been several discussions about blocking VPNs as well, but fortunately?, nothing has been put into practice yet. However, laws are being implemented requiring major CDN providers like Cloudflare to block these sites. I still don't understand why Korea's internet freedom score is over 50 points lol.