BTS’ Label Says They’ve Filed a Criminal Complaint Against Internet Troll Spreading ‘Ill-Intentioned Rumor’ – Rolling Stone

BTS’ label, Huge Hit Music, has issued an announcement claiming it has filed a brand new felony criticism in opposition to an unnamed one that has allegedly posted “malicious” statements and an “ill-intentioned rumor” concerning the group on a number of platforms. The identification of the person and the character of the feedback made in opposition to BTS isn’t at present public. Huge Hits didn’t instantly reply to Rolling Stone’s request for remark.

“We now have discovered a number of defamation postings containing false details about the artists on platforms in and out of doors of Korea,” the assertion, posted to Weverse, learn. “We even have discovered {that a} particular poster has been spreading the identical ill-intentioned rumor in a number of platforms and filed a felony criticism in opposition to the poster after gathering all the repetitively uploaded postings.”

The label famous that they uncovered the identification of the web troll by way of their very own surveillance strategies, together with the assistance of ARMY.

“We’re at present following our authorized response course of, which displays and collects proof on malicious postings for one year after which contains them on the criticism. Lively reporting of our followers has been a giant assist to our malicious postings monitoring initiatives.”

The label wrote that it usually recordsdata complaints in opposition to “malicious exercise” aimed toward BTS, together with “defamation, private assaults, sexual harassment, the unfold of groundless info, and ill-intentioned criticism.” The corporate moreover stated it had a coverage of “no settlement and no leniency” when it got here to pursuing authorized motion.

The group’s connection to its label runs deeper than most artists. In 2018, BTS signed a seven-year contract with Huge Hits and later acquired a monetary stake within the enterprise.  “It’s very significant for us and in addition the corporate, that we admit and acknowledge one another as true companions,” BTS member RM informed Rolling Stone final yr. “Now Huge Hit’s success is our success, and our success is Huge Hit’s success.”

Learn Huge Hits Music’s full assertion:

Hey.

That is BIGHIT MUSIC.

Our firm usually initiates authorized proceedings in opposition to perpetrators of malicious actions associated to BTS, together with defamation, private assaults, sexual harassment, the unfold of groundless info, and ill-intentioned criticism. We want to present an replace on these actions. We now have just lately filed further felony complaints in opposition to postings with private assaults and defamation utilizing new info offered by followers in addition to collected by way of our monitoring initiatives.

We now have discovered a number of defamation postings containing false details about the artists on platforms in and out of doors of Korea. We even have discovered {that a} particular poster has been spreading the identical ill-intentioned rumor in a number of platforms and filed a felony criticism in opposition to the poster after gathering all the repetitively uploaded postings. We’re at present following our authorized response course of which displays and collects proof on malicious postings for one year after which contains them on the criticism. Lively reporting of our followers has been a giant assist to our malicious postings monitoring initiatives.

We might additionally wish to share with you that after an prolonged police investigation, we had been in a position to establish the suspect and the case has been despatched to the prosecutor’s workplace.

BIGHIT usually collects info on malicious postings relating to BTS, stories them to the authorities and recordsdata felony complaints. We want to stress that we are going to proceed to provoke strict measures to make sure that these malicious acts should not repeated, and our coverage of no settlement and no leniency stays in impact.

We ask that you just make continued use of our hotline (defend@bighitmusic.co.kr) to report any instances of abuse.

We’ll proceed to work to make sure that the rights of our artists are absolutely protected.

Thanks.