LAPONE, the agency behind idol group me:I, filed a request to disclose the identity of someone who posted defamatory content about the group online — and it’s become a hot topic on Hello! Project fan message boards.
Fans have been flooding the thread with calls for UP-FRONT, which manages Hello! Project, to take the same action. The discussion also touched on specific accounts seen as the worst offenders for slander, and on how much compensation such a disclosure request could realistically bring in.
Please do it.
Wouldn't be surprised if someone from the agency itself posts on the Wolf board (a notorious anonymous idol-gossip forum) too.
Hello!'s complaint accounts (anonymous 'venting' accounts on Twitter/X) can go to hell too.
>>3
Haven't seen many complaint accounts around lately, have you?
Haven't seen many complaint accounts around lately, have you?
Before that, quit stirring up conflicts with members that get them to leave the group.
There are some seriously creepy people on the Wolf board.
If they come off that creepy just from their posts online, they must be way worse in real life…
If they come off that creepy just from their posts online, they must be way worse in real life…
UP-FRONT should at least disclose 'Asahi Geezer' (a notorious poster nicknamed for his Asahi Net address)
He's behind like 90% of the slander against Hello! Project members.
He's behind like 90% of the slander against Hello! Project members.
Exactly.
If you're gonna drop nasty borderline put-downs, just stay holed up on 5ch.
If you're gonna drop nasty borderline put-downs, just stay holed up on 5ch.
I want UP-FRONT to at least take action against the ones whose real names and addresses are already known.
Well, if it's just someone spamming posts on the Wolf board where the agency can't see it, I guess that's… whatever.
>>18
That'd be fine, but there are idiots who play self-appointed pundit — dragging stuff that would've stayed buried on the Wolf board out into the open on X just to make a big public statement about their feelings.
That'd be fine, but there are idiots who play self-appointed pundit — dragging stuff that would've stayed buried on the Wolf board out into the open on X just to make a big public statement about their feelings.
If you're really just venting, 2ch is more than enough — they just can't quit the rush of racking up likes.
I wish they'd done this back when Ran was still in the group.
>>20
Already contacted UP-FRONT!
Expect a response any minute now!
Already contacted UP-FRONT!
Expect a response any minute now!
Disclose the person behind 'Hello! Project Update' too!
Apparently a disclosure order came down on the 21st.
Supposedly it covers anonymous accounts too.
Supposedly it covers anonymous accounts too.
Lawyers are having a field day with the disclosure-request business these days, so I bet UP-FRONT jumps in too.
The amount of slander doesn't even match how popular they are.
I'll pay a reward to whoever identifies the 'ASAHI Net' guy.
Aren't these damn antis getting way too cocky?
For content infringement, if you contest the damages basis, it usually nets just a few tens of thousands of yen.
Defamation can go up to 3 million yen, but realistically it'll land around 300,000.
Defamation can go up to 3 million yen, but realistically it'll land around 300,000.
In Hello! Project's case, the ones slandering Hello! Project are none other than UP-FRONT's own people, so nobody's getting punished.
Hello! Project doesn't even need to file disclosure requests — everyone already knows it's the Hello! fans themselves slandering the members lol
>>49
Never seen that.
That's all in your head.
Never seen that.
That's all in your head.
>>57
There are plenty of accounts — basically walking bundles of approval-seeking — who 'worry' about the slander on the Wolf board while unwittingly helping spread it further by bringing it up on X lol
There are plenty of accounts — basically walking bundles of approval-seeking — who 'worry' about the slander on the Wolf board while unwittingly helping spread it further by bringing it up on X lol
This kind of trigger-happy management just ends up treated like a hot potato and loses fans.
Same way a tattletale gets frozen out by everyone.
Same way a tattletale gets frozen out by everyone.
>>66
What are you talking about, everyone does this nowadays.
What are you talking about, everyone does this nowadays.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “LAPONE, me:I’s agency, filed a disclosure request against a defamer, so I want UP-FRONT to do it too.”
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