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Jay Park Asks U.S. Court to Unmask YouTuber Behind ‘Malicious’ Videos for Korean Defamation Case
Jay Park has asked a U.S. court to identify a YouTube for a Korean defamation case in which he's suing the user for allegedly defamatory videos.
“The defamatory statements falsely accuse Jay Park of being involved with organized crime, drug trafficking, and unethical conduct, all of which have caused significant harm to his reputation and professional endeavors,” the singer’s attorneys write. As K-pop and other Korean music have exploded in global popularity over the past decade — and with it an intensely enthusiastic online fan culture — numerous stars have turned to Korea’s strict defamation laws to fight back against what they say are false statements about them on the internet. In March, the K-pop group NewJeans filed a similar petition in California federal court, seeking to unmask a YouTube user so that the band could press for criminal charges in Korea over “derogatory” videos.
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