Due to recent regulation changes (전기통신사업법), the South Korean government is requiring internet communities and forum owners to scan every user uploaded images and videos on their website, by AI. The hardware to run these AI models are also not provided by government, website owners have to buy datacenter grade Nvidia GPUs by themselves, putting financial pressure to small businesses and forums. Websites will need to implement these hardware and software features, starting immediately from July ...
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If they can’t easily identify you, they can’t easily ruin your day, and most opportunists will give up.
Offshore hosting and VPNs enter the chat.
It’s mildly risky, as a small player, to host anything public in your own legal jurisdiction or that you can’t “cut loose” on a whim. It’s not just silly laws, but also civil lawsuits, copyright trolls, bad actors, etc.
If they can’t easily identify you, they can’t easily ruin your day, and most opportunists will give up.