Starship Translated Thousands of Documents to Prosecute Black Fans! Obtain information about the operator of the “Fan Shelter” from Google headquarters, the first of its kind in the industry

It’s rare that the agency has done something that all fans praise!

In order to protect its girl group IVE from malicious YouTuber attacks, South Korean agency Starship Entertainment collected thousands of documents and translated them into English. This month, it finally obtained the assistance of the US court and Google headquarters to dig out the real identity of the account operator.

Friends who follow Korean stars may know a YT channel called “Fan Shelter”, which publishes unverified fake news about artists, rumors and scandals, etc. It targets popular idols such as BTS and IVE, and is notorious among fans. Notable. But because the YT server is in the United States, even if the Korean brokerage company wants to sue, it can only give up because it cannot lock the identity of the other party. Until the precedent that Starship opened this time.

On the 25th of this month, Starship shared the progress of the “off-fan shelter”: in November 2022, it filed an overseas lawsuit and a civil and criminal lawsuit. In May this year, it received an “information provision order”from the US court. The company obtained “meaningful information”about the channel operator.

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According to the information provided by Google, Starship has filed a lawsuit in South Korea and the United States against Park, the operator of the “Fan Shelter”, for crimes including insulting, disseminating false facts, damaging reputation, and sexually harassing minor members. Although Park has deleted the video and channel and posted an apology, Starship believes that it is an irrefutable fact that the “Fan Shelter”has had a negative impact on artists and companies in the past, and still insists on pursuing the criminal responsibility of its citizens.

It is reported that in order to submit evidence to the U.S. court, the staff of the Starship public opinion group organized all the evidence provided by fans into a unified format, and added the corresponding screenshots of the “off-fan shelter”to prove that the content was false. A total of thousands of pieces of information were made, and translate it all into English.

This news caused many netizens to clap their hands and cheer: “Starship is doing a good job!”Get rid of it.”