No, under any circumstances, the bad virtual K-POP stars on social media

KPOP hunters are devil The broadcasting and box office dominated this summer, but KPOP fishermen got a victory in a different place: South Korea stadiums. Boy Virtual Band Plave, which consists of five members who appear only as animated fees, successfully sued the person who made insulting comments about the group online.

According to the BBCUnseen social media user made a series of humiliating posts about the band in July 2024. Among the attacks: People behind the virtual band members suggested that “they could be ugly in real life” and said they gave “a model Korean”. Some publications also included profanity, which do not look offensive, but do not do posts, so it may be worth noting.

The person who performed the jobs tried to say that the comments are directed at the avatar that crosses the group, not the real people who lend their votes to the virtual band members. The court did not buy it and announced that the Avatar is a real person, so the attacks go beyond the virtual fronts of the people behind them.

Al -Nasr landed 500,000 from South Korea and won 100,000 members per band, which reaches a little more than $ 70 for pop. Not exactly the wealth of a group already has More than a million subscribers On YouTube, More than 500,000 units were sold One of their latest albums in the first week, performing concerts that attract tens of thousands of fans. It is also much lower than the required band. They were looking for 6.5 million winners per performance, which would have reached about 4,650 dollars per member and a total of 23,250 dollars. The band claimed that the comments caused the group’s emotional pressure.

Vlast, the band poster, plans to resume the damage granted by the court, according to the BBC, on the pretext that it is very low for a precedent case for defamation against virtual deities. Although this seems to be the first example of defamation against virtual pop stars, it is not uncommon to follow the signs of Korean music charges against online communications. Several signs in the country made a file Honorable efforts to pursue people Who works on the Internet. The direction of the virtual band, to some extent, is It is considered a response To the kind of attention and pressure that pop stars receive in Korea.