BBC demonstrates smuggled North Korean phone and how it implements both censorship and accountability in the user interface…

…using mechanisms which are startlingly similar to recommended online safety approaches for deployment in the UK.

Short video, worth a watch:

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North Korea is fighting an information war, as South Korean films, TV dramas, pop songs and news are smuggled over the border in a bid to challenge the country’s propaganda. A North Korean mobile phone, smuggled out of the country late last year, shows how the regime is cracking down. #NorthKorea #SouthKorea #KimJongUn #Military #Internet #KDrama #KPop #News #BBCNews
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