온라인 플랫폼의 계약상 책임에 대한 소고

The Fair Trade Commission's amendment to the E-Commerce Act was intended to provide a regulatory system suitable for the changed platform market conditions. This seems very timely. Looking at the contents of the regulations, it is clear that the platform is not viewed as a mere intermediary and is determined to strengthen its responsibility. It also attempts to clearly present the basis for responsibility. This change seems to be due to the various criticisms that the previous full amendment bill received. Applying one provision of a law is equivalent to applying the entire law. Therefore, there should be no systematic contradiction between each provision. In other words, the liability provisions for the platform must follow a systematic and consistent discipline system. In this respect, the amendment bill of the Korea Consumer Law Society and the ELI’s platform model rule provides good implications for the amendment of the E-commerce Act. In particular, the model rule denies the neutrality of online platforms and stipulates a liability structure in a way that protects the trust that the platform will actively solve problems for consumers. However, to introduce this new type of liability structure in Korea, it seems that sufficient research is needed first. In this respect, the amendment to the E-Commerce Act can be evaluated as realistic and appropriate.