Despite the lack of confirmation, rumors were circulating on the internet that approximately 200 K-pop male idols were linked to the “New Nth Room.”This caused a divide among fans as they shared their own opinions on the matter.
On August 28, SM Entertainment issued an official statement stating that Taeil would be departing from NCT following allegations of sexual misconduct. This sparked widespread outrage from fans, leading to a flood of online posts, threads, and reactions.
In the midst of the disorder, netizens were flooded with a combination of information and emotions. Certain netizens argued that Taeil was merely one of the 200 accused male idols linked to the “New Nth Room,”causing turmoil among supporters.
sasaeng, it’s your job now! so you’re telling me that NTH Room is a groupchat where over 200 idols involved in SA, gr*pe, and m*lested women… pic.twitter.com/EzOcWe0oig
— ༺ ssa ༻ | 별별별 (See That?) (@ohaevenly) August 29, 2024
wtf do you mean that 200 kpop idols are involved in nth telegram groups ‘cuz if i see my faves are in there i fucking swear i’m deleting this acc and i would never ever trusting anyone in kpop anymore. pic.twitter.com/IpIWjelOtq
— sky (@skieofjaden) August 29, 2024
The MESS this is gonna make pic.twitter.com/XULdyT80Vu
— #1 JISOO DEFENDER ⁴ (@sojuandsooyaa) August 29, 2024
taeil has additionally been accused of sexually assaulting an 11 year old who is now permanently disabled due to the assault, also been accused of being in an nth room (a telegram chat room which shares child porn, sa ect.) I feel sick to my stomach.
— nina (@enhajungwonss) August 28, 2024
wdym more than 200 idols were involved in the nth room?!?$?!! pic.twitter.com/CaAr6ZE05q
— yous 𐙚 (@cllovdsmill) August 29, 2024
holy shit
— linlin¨̮ (@JlNSOWL) August 28, 2024
THERE ARE 200 MALE IDOLS INVOLVED IN THE NTH ROOM GROUPS AND THEY’RE GONNA BE REVEALED SOON. ISTG IF IT’S ANY OF MY FAVS U WILL NEVER HEAR FROM ME AGAIN pic.twitter.com/86SqgpVHnM
— ivy (@ivly_v) August 29, 2024
However, the sentiments led to certain facts becoming intertwined, as the claims were being conflated with the recent deepfake sex crime in South Korea.
The “New Nth Room”is made up of several Telegram chat rooms where Korean males and students exchange degrading and exploitative videos of women, family members, and female students.
fast translation of this korean press article about the Nth rooms https://t.co/0OIepL8hTq pic.twitter.com/tLYQRvzqds
— tac figure skating brainrot (@lullaby_of_hope) August 27, 2024
On Telegram, Korean men & boys are taking sexual pics/videos of their little sisters, friends, and their moms, some showing graphic sexual abuse. On ONE channel alone there were over 200k members. QueenArchive1 was exposing them Twitter suspended her. https://t.co/ymKgSVHRy5 pic.twitter.com/dNaOrD48y4
— AskAubry 🦝 (@ask_aubry) August 27, 2024
Despite mistakenly connecting Taeil to the ongoing “New Nth Room,”it was later discovered that he had no involvement with the original “Nth Room”case in 2020.
The “Nth Room”case shocked the public as it revealed the involvement of Korean men, including professors, athletes, and public figures, in the exploitation of underage girls and women through group chats. Netizens took to social media to express their reactions to this disturbing situation.
This is so sick, They’re spreading the false information about the nth room list about having 200 kpop idols this kpop stans need to think before they post this shit, the fact they choose posting the “he wouldn’t do it right”shit rather than spreading awareness of feminism korea pic.twitter.com/Vy7P1oJET7
— xo, who 🎀 (@lvhyzk) August 30, 2024
Nth room incident actually happened 5 years ago and there was no such list. Even now there are no 200 or 20 idol lists…don’t believe unauthenticated news from TikTok. They are just doing this to get likes and views +++ pic.twitter.com/iNrugq2yVs
— Aban⁷ Manifesting 💜𝐺𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑛💜𝑇𝑌𝑃𝐸 1💜 (@aestaetic_13) August 29, 2024
News about 200+ celebrities involved in nth room is from 2019. It included professors, politicians, actors, athletes and idols. So stop spreading fake lists with no source to use it as your gotcha moment to cancel the idols you hate.
— XO, Taeverse⁻⁷ (@Blue_Pepper20) August 29, 2024
they liked my reply about not spreading misinformation yet the tweet is still up. there is no 200 idols and the perpetrators of the nth room were arrested. these are new chatrooms that are doing despicable things. there is no list, i assume this rumor came from a ‘list’ from 2019 https://t.co/NwyqOZr8ih
— madi 🏵️ TTYL (@madi_9723) August 29, 2024
I hate kpop tiktok so much cause who the fuck made up the rumor of the recent nth room case having 200 kpop idols and the list coming out tomorrow?????????? Literally every 3 scrolls and someone is talking about it
— WHO is eyu⁷ (@yoongiboongl) August 29, 2024
Kpop stans spreading misinfo about the nth room about 200 idols, what’s your source? Some of yall don’t even care about the real issue, you just want gossip & make “what if”tweets?
— Bae⁷forJK♡ᴹᵘˢᵉ (@taelightkook) August 29, 2024
sorry but isn’t this statement full of errors?it’s not a fact that there are 200 kpop idols involved in the Nth room casethere are 200k members of the tg group and people are saying that with that number given, it’s not impossible that there would be idols or actors involved pic.twitter.com/mQ2DT4r9UA
— ًًً (@iwishyouwuju) August 29, 2024
Can you all CALM DOWN? Idk where the info about 200 celebrities and some of them being idols who are in the chat rooms came from, but this is OLD news and has nothing to do with the current telegram chats.STOP spreading misinformation until official statement comes out
— Lulu | 🇵🇸 (@muixsuzuya) August 29, 2024
the nth room list of the 200 k-pop idols were the women involved and that were victims of AI and deepfakes being displayed in the chat rooms and even if there was a list of the men involved they’re never going to release it remember this has been an ongoing thing for years now
— ari 🕷️ (@minariivv) August 29, 2024
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