[Exclusive] IU to catch malicious commenters spreading 'plagiarism and Chinese nationality' rumors in 113 days

113 days since the July application... Decision made on November 5
At least 52 Threads posts and comments identified as problematic
30 million KRW in alimony... Specified as 'partial claim'
On the 9th, it was confirmed that Judge Noel Wise of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled on the 5th (local time) to allow IU's side to issue and serve a subpoena to Meta requesting data related to Threads accounts.
This comes 113 days after the initial application for identity verification was filed with the U.S. court on July 15. IU's side also submitted a certificate of service to the court on the 6th, the following day.
On June 25, IU filed a lawsuit for damages due to defamation against malicious commenters at the Seoul Central District Court. Because their identities could not be determined, a request for identity verification was made to the U.S. court.
IU's side claimed, "An anonymous account on Threads defamed her by posting at least 52 posts and comments containing allegations of plagiarism and rumors of Chinese nationality between March and October of last year."
While the problematic account was identified, the actual author remained unknown, making it impossible to serve the complaint. Consequently, IU's side requested assistance from the U.S. court to secure subscriber information from Meta, the operator of Threads.
The alimony amount written in the Korean complaint is 30,001,000 KRW. However, IU's side noted that this is an "explicit partial claim."
This means that the currently requested amount does not constitute the entirety of the damages claim. IU's side stated, "We plan to additionally calculate legal costs and image damage suffered while working as an advertising model," and added, "We also plan to expand the scope of the claim regarding alimony."
The U.S. court's decision came after IU's side appealed the difficulties caused by the litigation delay.
IU's U.S. legal representative appealed on the 16th of last month, saying, "We inquired with the court every week for three weeks regarding the processing status," and "If the opponent's identity cannot be confirmed in the domestic trial, the lawsuit may be dismissed, and access logs may disappear over time."
Subsequently, the decision was made to permit the issuance and service of the subpoena.
With this decision, IU's side is now able to request Meta for data necessary to verify identity, such as the account subscriber's name, email, phone number, and access logs.
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