Baek Ji Young sues netizens who mocked her miscarriage

[Dream Boy]

On October 3, Seoul’s Suseo Police Station stated, “Baek Ji Young’s agency sued the netizens who left spiteful remarks regarding her family affairs on internet blogs and we’re currently investigating the case.â€

 

The police station revealed that one of the netizens (henceforth, netizen A) left a message on an internet community bulletin that reads, “xxx Baek Ji Young smokes the cigarettes so xxx of course she would wound up like that.†The message was posted on June 27, within the day news were released regarding Baek Ji Young’s miscarriage.

 

Some of netizen A’s other comments include, “If you’re sorry to the baby, die quietly†and “She probably had an abortion on purpose.†The police identified netizen A by tracing her IP address and has summoned her to the station.

 

Baek Ji Young’s agency submitted a big pile of documents logging the many malicious comments left by netizens. A representative from her agency stated, “Do the people, who managed to say things that are inconceivable to a woman who experienced an abortion, words that are fully of sarcasm and mockery, have common sense? We will proactively take action against the netizens who left Baek Ji Young and her family with deep scars.â€

 

 

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[edr49890]

for following netizen this is my 4th time reading about Fighting with LAW against Knetz

 

 

Baek Ji Young Did a good decision to fight them for being so EVIL.. 

[Green Teaa]

Good for her.. it's so cruel of them to mock her like that.. heartless. They deserve to be sued like this. How could you mock a situation like that and make light of it? Hopefully netizens will start thinking twice before they decide to leave hateful and hurtful comments.

[KBeatZ]

someone has to teach these k-netz a thing or two.. good for her..

[nareurong]

There are people who make FUN of that? Rot in hell forever tbh

[denizen mars]

I don't understand how this is illegal. I wouldn't consider it libel. 

Still, maybe this will get people to think before saying such nasty things.

[Hey Im K]

I swear ppl can be so rude and insensitive....Baek Ji Young did the right thing and she has every right too

[Candykiss]

I've read similar comments on here but I don't consider it enough of an issue to get the court systems involved

 

It is immoral but I don't think she should be giving a reaction in which the perpetrators clearly thirst for 

[Holke]

I guess the laws are different in South Korea, because people would say worse things in America :/

But, I'm glad that she can do that, because those are such horrible things to say. I hate it when people say such careless things about someone who is obviously hurting. 

[BananaPuddingPie]

They deserve to get sued. they're disgusting saying inhuman things like that and to think it's right to make light of it is just truly sickening

[Elisa]

Those netizens should feel ashamed of themselves!

 

What kind of sick bastard do you have to be to make fun of someone miscarriage?! 

[I Was Pon This Wei]

Depending on what the exact words are, the netizens could be charged for libel and defamation.

 

Claiming she had gotten an abortion to get rid of the baby instead of it being a miscarriage would be spreading false and harmful information.

 

But this is where wording gets tricky. "She probably..." is different from "She had..." being that if the netizen said "probably" it wouldn't technically be libel.

 

But either way those comments are disgusting and I'm glad some action is being taken.

[Edna Mode]

Yes sue their asses, artist need to stop being afraid of the media/netizens. This is a private matter, no needs your input netizen A.

 

Also I feel bad she had to read it, the people close to her should have steered her away from all that.

[cowgirlbebop]

I still dont understand how you can sue people simply because they say mean and outrageous things online. I dont even thinks this rises to the level of libel, at least not in the way most countries define the term, nor do they appear to be harassment of the kind the law tends to prosecute. Then again, Korea's defamation laws are pretty wonky and way too strict. Freedom of speech there is really stifled by it.

[Farseer]

Well sueing them is a little excessive, but I think she probably felt this was the only thing she could do. Good for her for taking action against those scum.

[PinkBaby]

I'm not saying the netizen was right for posting the comment, and I don't follow Baek Ji Young, but isn't smoking extra bad for pregnant women? If she really does smoke, I hope she took a break when pregnant. The other comments were seriously uncalled for, but that one makes sense. But I do understand how devastating she feels and I don't disagree with her going after the netizen since Korean laws allow for that.

[s4a]

Get em noona.

[North and South]

Can they be even charged I wonder...

[Liz]

Them pieces of crap! How can they mock about something like that, sriously!

[Ghettoe]

I still dont understand how you can sue people simply because they say mean and outrageous things online. I dont even thinks this rises to the level of libel, at least not in the way most countries define the term, nor do they appear to be harassment of the kind the law tends to prosecute. Then again, Korea's defamation laws are pretty wonky and way too strict. Freedom of speech there is really stifled by it.

 

Stole the words out of my mouth. I recognize that they said some mean things but unfortunately, the big picture here is freedom of speech. I mean from this you would have to sue for satire, parody, jokes, etc. Honestly, in some countries, this wouldn't even make it to court.

 

Also, she's a public figure. Unfortunately, they are not subjected to the same rules. Unfortunate, but true.

[Coccuri]

What the netizens said was atrocious. And they should feel sorry for what they did to her and her family on an emotional level. 

 

But I can't sue every single person that said a mean thing about me or my family on the inernet. If I was part of her family I would say she shouldn't be reading those comments when she was going through that. Spend time with the family, netizen comments won't help you cope.

Look at China's government. They are sending kids to jail b/c of popular rumors and silly things they like to post on weibo. And then there are begging the government to bring back their kids and friends back home. To a point, it gets ridiculous. As hurtful as it seems, BJI can't expect to control the mouths of other people, even if she is a celebrity. 

[loup]

She is doing the right thing! she can sue who she wants if she thinks they were being more than direspectful against her...

Sorry but freedom of speech stops when you are causing domages at the other person, and internet isn't a place of free land... Insulting someone crazily about a bad moment of his life is called cyberbullying...

[Ghettoe]

Depending on what the exact words are, the netizens could be charged for libel and defamation.

 

Claiming she had gotten an abortion to get rid of the baby instead of it being a miscarriage would be spreading false and harmful information.

 

But this is where wording gets tricky. "She probably..." is different from "She had..." being that if the netizen said "probably" it wouldn't technically be libel.

 

But either way those comments are disgusting and I'm glad some action is being taken.

 

That still isn't enough because as I previously mentioned things like satires, parodies and even jokes pretty much spread false information that can be harmful to public figures. Otherwise Michael Jackson could have taken just about every comedian to court.

 

Also, she would have to prove defamation of character and libel, which is almost impossible if you're a public figure. How can she possibly prove that comments online had a negative impact on her career or lifestyle? There are probably millions of horrible comments of her online. Why is she not suing those people. How can she prove that those other negative comments didn't impact her career?

 

Honestly, as shitty as it is, this is wasting time and money in court. I don't even think a judge would look at this. Gosh, a good lawyer would probably tell her, girl, you are really stretching this one.

[I Was Pon This Wei]

That still isn't enough because as I previously mentioned things like satires, parodies and even jokes pretty much spread false information that can be harmful to public figures. Otherwise Michael Jackson could have taken just about every comedian to court.

 

Also, she would have to prove defamation of character and libel, which is almost impossible if you're a public figure. How can she possibly prove that comments online had a negative impact on her career or lifestyle? There are probably millions of horrible comments of her online. Why is she not suing those people. How can she prove that those other negative comments didn't impact her career?

 

Honestly, as shitty as it is, this is wasting time and money in court. I don't even think a judge would look at this. Gosh, a good lawyer would probably tell her, girl, you are really stretching this one.

In America but in South Korea it actually differs quite a lot.

 

In 2005 South Korea law implemented the revised version of the Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Data Protection Act which is basically an act where if someone spreads around harmful information to the effected (whether the facts are true or false) a person could actually get charged and fined (max of 20k USD or up to 3 years in prison for true facts; 50k USD and up to 7 years of jail time for false facts).

 

This revised act was special because it also included the internet stating that even anything said over e-mail or a public Internet forum could be up for deliberation and charged. Persons as young as students in middle school are able to be charged.

 

Now is it obviously implemented all the time? No. So are you right about her not having a case? Yes, I agree with you.

 

But this Act is the reason why people are able to have netizens charged for things that can be said online that otherwise would be seen as nothing and "freedom of speech" here in America.

 

But take in mind slander is not the number 1 priority of the act, it was originally created to prevent personal information and data of anyone to be leaked on the internet or to anyone unwanted if they choose not to have it be shared.

[aimeele]

I'm all for freedom of speech, but dear lord that's beyond sick.  Is it really necessary to attack her when she suffered so much.