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Can you be sued for defaming virtual K-pop stars? South Korea court says yes (www.bbc.com)
submitted 5 days ago by cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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They may be fictional characters, but they are voiced by real people, the court says.

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[โ€“] logicbomb@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

In July 2024, the defendant targeted Plave in a series of posts - some containing profanity. Among them were comments that the people behind the avatars "could be ugly in real life" and gave off a "typical Korean man vibe", Korea Times reported.

Unless the guy said much worse things that weren't reported, it seems like South Korean defamation laws are draconian.

[โ€“] nuggie_ss 5 points 4 days ago

He's getting in the way of these people making money, so I can see useful idiots chomping at the bit to punish him.