HYBE-owned ADOR on Wednesday (April 9) introduced that it’s ramping up authorized measures towards on-line defamation and harassment concentrating on NewJeans.
The assertion comes amid an ongoing contract dispute between ADOR and the Okay-pop group.
The company issued a press release saying expanded efforts to fight “malicious posts” throughout numerous platforms and social media channels together with Naver, X, YouTube and extra.
“We want to inform you in regards to the authorized response to guard the rights of NewJeans.” stated ADOR in a assertion on X.
“Because the debut of NewJeans, we have now been always monitoring and taking authorized motion towards malicious on-line posts concentrating on artists. Lately, as the quantity and degree of malicious posts concentrating on artists have elevated quickly, we have now appointed extra devoted personnel and additional strengthened our response system,” in keeping with a translated textual content of ADOR’s assertion.
ADOR stated it’s pursuing legal complaints towards perpetrators of defamation, privateness invasion, and the unfold of misinformation in regards to the group.
The company revealed {that a} suspect allegedly concerned in creating deepfake content material concentrating on NewJeans members has been detained and referred to prosecutors.
“We’re intently cooperating with investigative authorities relating to the manufacturing and distribution of false movies concentrating on artists, and the precise suspect concerned has been despatched to the prosecution whereas underneath arrest,” ADOR stated.
The marketing campaign comes as NewJeans members await a courtroom resolution following their attraction of an injunction that blocked them from unbiased actions. The group lately introduced an indefinite hiatus amid the dispute.
“We’re intently cooperating with investigative authorities relating to the manufacturing and distribution of false movies concentrating on artists, and the precise suspect has been despatched to the prosecution whereas underneath arrest.”
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On Wednesday afternoon, a 15-minute closed listening to on the Seoul Central District Courtroom addressed NewJeans’ attraction towards a March 21 ruling that prohibited the members from working independently underneath the title “NJZ,” information outlet YTN reported the identical day.
A consultant from ADOR reportedly stated that there was “no vital change” in circumstances because the injunction was granted.
The battle between the 2 sides facilities on NewJeans members’ assertion that “the connection of belief has been damaged,” whereas the company maintains that the band’s contractual obligations must be honored.
Final week, ADOR revealed that funds to group members have continued even after the group tried to terminate their unique contract. The company claimed that settlements to NewJeans have amounted to about KRW 12 billion ($8.2 million) since 2023, and that HYBE had invested a complete of KRW 30 billion ($20.6 million) in serving to NewJeans debut.
Final week’s courtroom proceedings additionally heard from NewJeans’ authorized staff, who maintained that former CEO Min Hee Jin‘s elimination rendered the present ADOR a “totally different company” from the one they initially labored with.
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