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The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of A, a YouTube Taldeok concentration camp operator accused of posting false videos of girl group IVE member Jang Won-young.
On the 29th, the second part of the Supreme Court held a sentencing date for A's defamation and insults under the Act on Promotion of Information and Communication Network Utilization and Information Protection and ruled on the dismissal of the appeal without argument. Accordingly, the original ruling was confirmed as it was.
From October 2021 to June last year, A was accused of defaming seven people, including Jang Won-young, by posting false videos on YouTube 23 times, and five of the seven were also accused of posting insulting videos 19 times and obstructing the business of the agency.
The prosecution analyzed the accounts of the Taldeok concentration camp and found that it earned 250 million won in profits for about two years from June 2021. In particular, it was also revealed that A purchased real estate with part of the proceeds. In December 2023, the prosecution took over the case of three victims, including Jang Won-young, from the police, conducted a supplementary investigation, received additional complaints from five victims, and requested an arrest warrant for A, but the court rejected it, saying, "There is no fear of running away."
At that time, there were about 60,000 subscribers to the Taldeok concentration camp, and they earned an average of about 10 million won per month from posting false videos. In addition, A created and posted a provocative fake video containing malicious slander against many victims through methods such as voice modulation and weaving editing, and operated the channel in a paid membership method of several grades.
In the prosecution investigation, A said, "The YouTube video is just a simple expression of opinion. We produced the video for the public interest, which is a matter of interest," he reportedly claimed. On the other hand, a prosecution official said, "A ran a YouTube channel anonymously and attempted to destroy evidence, such as deleting the channel. While searching the house, I found additional videos based on many celebrities on laptops used for video editing," he said.
In the subsequent trial, Criminal 11 of the Incheon District Court ordered A to serve two years in prison, three years of probation, a fine of 210 million won and 120 hours of community service in January 2025. Since then, the Incheon District Court 1-3 Criminal Department has maintained its original ruling against A in November 2025, but even this, A has submitted an appeal against the ruling.
The appeals court said, "It seems that various circumstances were fully considered in the first trial. The lower court's sentence does not seem unfair because it is heavy or light," he said, dismissing both the appeals of A and the prosecution.
The Taldeok concentration camp has been criticized by fans for referring to a number of K-pop artists for its cyberreka channel that indiscriminately distributed false facts and malicious rumors. It was notorious as a representative cyber-rek channel that has been criticized for indiscriminately distributing baseless facts and malicious rumors to popular celebrities, and caused great confusion by using celebrities as scapegoats to increase views and spreading clever squeezing and false information. In response, major pop music organizations called for severe punishment for malicious content creators, including Taldeok concentration camps, in September 2023.
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