NewJeans Want YouTube to Identify an Online Hater So They Can Sue Them in South Korea

made a criminal complaint in South Korea, but authorities were unable to move forward with the case because they could not identify the anonymous user. NewJeans’ lawyer tried an informal request to get the information from Google, but that was unsuccessful, leading to the court filing. , the YouTuber posts under the handle @Middle7 and has made “as many as 33 defamatory videos” about the members of NewJeans.

While anonymous online haters doing what they always do — hating — is nothing novel, the defamation laws in South Korea are flexible enough for NewJeans to pursue a suit like this. Theapplication claims @Middle7 has “engaged in name-calling or other mocking behavior” against NewJeans, “all of which constitute defamation and/or crime of insult under the laws of the Republic of Korea.

To that point, this kind of case is not necessarily new for NewJeans or Ador. Even a cursory scroll through the officialUnsurprisingly, it’s somewhat easier for K-pop groups and their teams to clamp down on online vitriol — and take legal action — if users are using platforms in South Korea. As a result, trolls have flocked to international platforms, like YouTube, in the hopes it might offer more protection.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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