South Korea is the only country in the world where Internet users are required to input their name and resident registration number, given upon birth, to subscribe to large Web sites. Many netizens see the requirement as the government’s effort to curtail freedom of expression over the Internet by making identification a must before posting any kind of message on the Web.

via YONHAP NEWS.

Tony Chang’s story details how several politicians are using Twitter or thinking about it. For the S. Koreans, who must register for most Web sites, Twitter presents a way to be anonymous, as well as a quick way to say something.

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