730,000 for abuses and threats 26 . Although defamation under the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, Etc. is punished more harshly than insult under the Criminal Act in general, fines for defamation are lower in reality. 134. As such, hatred and discrimination have been spreading widely in everyday life in Korea, which is deepening social conflicts, violating the dignity of social minorities, reproducing and solidifying structural discrimination, threatening democracy, and undermining social cohesion. Although the government has an obligation to actively cope with hatred issues, measures, such as recurrence prevention and appropriate punishment, do not seem to have been developed yet. Questions 135. Please lay out a detailed roadmap for raising awareness of widespread hatred and discrimination in Korea, reaching a social consensus on the seriousness of the issue, and developing effective solutions. 26 CBS Nocut News, examination result of all 242 defamation and insult rulings under the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, Etc. in relation to malicious comments in 2019, February 7, 2020. 46