The agency SM Entertainment (hereinafter referred to as SM) has announced that they will take legal action against malicious comments directed at the singer Taeyeon.
On the 9th, SM said through SNSD’s official social networking service (SNS) of Girls’ Generation, “The prosecution and the court have been accused of violating the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc. )’ and a fine has been imposed.”
“However, despite these measures, false facts, malicious accusations, and slanderous posts about Taeyeon are still being distributed indiscriminately in online communities, YouTube, SNS, and portal sites.” We are going to proceed with accusations by intensive monitoring and receiving reports.”
“We are aware of the fact that the fans are collecting and organizing the data themselves, and we will carefully review and collect the information you send, including the data, and proceed with legal action along with the evidence we have already collected.” “We will notify the fans when the prosecution proceeds and the disposition is made,” he said.
Finally, SM warned those who spread malicious comments, saying, “We will continue to actively monitor and take legal measures to protect our artists, and we will respond strongly to various illegal acts under the principle of zero tolerance.”
Meanwhile, Taeyeon was caught up in speculation allegations when it was revealed through a media outlet on the 29th of last month that she had suffered from a real estate fraud. Afterwards, Taeyeon directly explained through SNS, saying, “I bought the land to prepare a home for my family.”
<The following is the full text of Girls’ Generation’s official Twitter post> This is
SM Entertainment.
In order to protect our artists, we are continuously collecting data related to illegal acts online, and we are filing complaints through our legal representatives.
As a result of this response, the prosecution and the court fined those who posted malicious posts related to our artist Taeyeon on charges of ‘violation of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection (Defamation)’ This has been taken down.
However, despite these measures, false facts, malicious accusations, and slanderous posts about Taeyeon are still indiscriminately distributed in online communities, YouTube, SNS, and portal sites.
I would like to reiterate that this is an act that damages the personality and honor of an individual and inflicts mental pain on the artist, and is clearly a criminal act.
Therefore, apart from the frequent response, in order to respond to the recent surge in illegal acts, we are going to proceed with intensive monitoring and reporting, and we want to file a complaint. Please send it to your e-mail account.
We are aware of the fact that fans are collecting and organizing the data themselves, and we will carefully review and collect the information you send, including the data, and proceed with legal action along with the evidence we have already collected. In addition, we will notify fans when complaints are processed and dispositions are made.
The data that fans have already reported themselves will be delivered, so there is a risk of duplication.
We will continue to actively monitor and take legal action to protect our artists, and we will respond strongly to various illegal acts under the principle of zero tolerance, and we will deliver the contents to our fans.
thank you.
