Google brings YouTube Uploads back to S. Korea

PanARMENIAN.Net - Google has announced the long-anticipated re-enabling of YouTube Uploads in South Korea more than three years after local regulation forced the restriction.

Last month Korea abolished laws that prevented Internet users posting comment anonymously, and those rules affected all domestic Web services with 100,000 daily visitors or more.

YouTube, and 150 other services, had been told to implement system to ensure that all commenting users provided their real name and ID, but Google opted to avoid complications by disabling local uploads altogether.

So, while Korean visitors were able to watch content, they had been unable to upload their own, although work-about methods — such as logging in via a different country’s version of YouTube — were known and used.

Following the law change, Google said it was working to enable uploads again and a Google spokesperson confirmed that the feature is back and live: “We are happy to announce that we have enabled comments and video uploads on the desktop for YouTube users who choose Korea as their preferred country from today. YouTube users in Korea who choose Korea as their preferred country will now be able to write comments and upload videos. We hope that more uploading and commenting means an even bigger YouTube community in Korea. We look forward to hearing more from you.”