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The agency says it has evidence from YouTube, X, DCinside, Weibo and TikTok and is working with the firm behind its Sojang suit.
STARSHIP Entertainment is pursuing civil and criminal action against the people behind malicious posts targeting IVE's Jang Won Young, the agency said Nov. 10, and it says the evidence it has gathered reaches platforms far beyond Korea.
Soompi reported that the agency announced the measures under a zero-tolerance policy covering acts that infringe on the rights, reputation and personal dignity of the IVE member, listing false information, defamation, sexual harassment, personal attacks, insults and invasion of privacy.
STARSHIP said it is cooperating with LIWU, the law firm that handled its earlier lawsuit against the cyberbullying channel Sojang, and is thoroughly reviewing evidence gathered from fan reports and its own monitoring.
The agency said it has secured evidence of suspected rights violations on the YouTube channels IVE_NO_LIVE and Dol Jal Al, as well as on DCinside, X, Facebook, Naver Blog, Instagram, Daum Cafes, TheQoo, Nate Pann, Weibo, Douyin and TikTok, and is taking legal steps case by case.
Deleting a post will not close the matter, according to the agency. STARSHIP said evidence already collected will be used in legal proceedings whether or not posts are removed, accounts are set to private, usernames are changed or accounts are deactivated.
In its statement, the agency described the standard it says it will apply.
"Such acts cannot be justified under any circumstances, and we will not tolerate any behavior that infringes upon the rights of our artists."
STARSHIP also asked fans to send reports and evidence to starship.protect@gmail.com, saying the personal information of reporters and all submitted materials will be handled securely under applicable law and used only as far as legal proceedings require.
IVE's official account, @IVEstarship, posted the statement on X on Nov. 10; at the time it was captured, the post had 26,474 views, 592 likes, 196 reposts and 2 replies.
Hello, this is Starship Entertainment. We are taking strong legal action under our zero-tolerance policy against various malicious acts that infringe upon the rights, reputation, and personal dignity of our artist, JANGWONYOUNG of IVE. These include the spread of false
The agency framed the action as continuing rather than a single filing: "We will continue to make the protection of our artists' rights a top priority and take firm, ongoing legal action against any malicious acts that infringe upon them."
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