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SEOUL (Reuters) Entertainment group HYBE, home to K-pop group BTS, has asked a U.S. court to compel social media platform X to reveal the identity of a user it accuses of defamation and harassment, according to a court filing reviewed by Reuters..
The application for a court order is to assist a criminal complaint filed by HYBE against anonymous X user with the handle @guiltyarchive with the Seoul Yongsan Police Station on May 2, it showed..
The case follows calls by BTS fans to better protect the group against malicious rumours amid an ongoing internal dispute with a sub-label..
In a rare move, K-pop singer Jang Won-young and her agency Starship Entertainment identified an individual behind a YouTube channel with the help of Google while seeking lawsuits over defamation charges against the individual...
Its a process of gathering evidence about a dispute in a foreign court so when you judge freedom of expression, you dont judge it from the standpoint of U.S. law, Kyongsok Chong at LIWU Law Group, who is representing Jang and her agency, told Reuters..
