Pledis sent some notice/update about what they will do to people who left malicious comments targeting fromis_9

Hello.

This is PLEDIS Entertainment.


Our company regularly initiates legal proceedings against perpetrators of malicious activities related to fromis_9, including defamation, personal attacks, the spread of groundless information, sexual harassment and ill-intentioned criticism. We would like to provide an update on these activities.


To strengthen the protection of artist rights, we have upgraded the system we use to monitor and collect evidence of malicious postings in real time. We included in the criminal complaints numerous malicious postings reported by our fans and collected through our internal monitoring system, as well as individuals who persistently made comments involving sexual harassment on live channels.


Even in cases where postings have been anonymously created and subsequently deleted, we have collected evidence through our real-time monitoring system and included those evidence in the criminal complaints. We secured the identity of an anonymous poster whom we had previously taken legal action against for postings involving sexual harassment through a police investigation, and further investigative procedures are currently underway


We would like to inform you that we will continue to take strong legal measures against malicious postings that violate our artists’ rights. Our policy of no settlement and no leniency under any circumstances during the legal proceedings against such invasion of artists’ rights remains in effect.


We regularly collect information on malicious postings regarding fromis_9, report them to the authorities and take legal action. We ask that our fans make continued use of our hotline (protect@pledis.co.kr) to report any cases of abuse.


We are always grateful for the affection and dedication shown by the fans of fromis_9.

PLEDIS will continue to work to ensure that the rights of our artists are fully protected.

Thank you.