A photograph and a mortuary pill of late actress Kim Sae-ron are moved to a car throughout her funeral at Asan Medical Heart in Seoul, Feb. 19. Yonhap
Over 50,000 Koreans have signed an internet petition calling for the Nationwide Meeting to legislate a legislation to forestall and punish YouTubers who disrupt the privateness of celebrities recklessly.
The petition follows the latest loss of life of actor Kim Sae-ron, after a number of YouTubers repeatedly posted about her non-public life and unfold gossip about her.
Greater than 51,000 signed a petition on the Nationwide Meeting’s petition web site as of Friday afternoon, calling for the introduction of sturdy laws on such YouTubers, lots of whom are former journalists masking leisure.
„The social downside of bullying celebrities on the near-stalking degree by means of former leisure reporters’ YouTube channels just isn’t a brand new challenge. Not too long ago, it even led to the tragic loss of life of one other younger actor by suicide,” the petitioner surnamed Jeong wrote on Feb. 24.
The petitioner stated many celebrities have left the leisure business, had psychological breakdowns and even died attributable to stress attributable to the malicious actions of these YouTubers. „I ask the Meeting to provide you with measures to forestall their actions of bullying celebrities for financial good points and forestall the ensuing struggling of the celebrities.“
The Meeting is required to formally evaluate petitions with 50,000 or extra signatures. After the deliberation, the related standing committee will resolve inside 90 days whether or not to convey it to a plenary session.
An internet petition on the Nationwide Meeting web site requires lawmakers to control YouTubers‘ cyberbullying of celebrities. The petition garnered over 51,000 signatures as of Friday afternoon and might be formally reviewed on the Meeting. Captured from Nationwide Meeting’s web site
The petition is believed to focus on @Behind_Master, a YouTube channel specializing in celeb gossip that has posted a number of movies associated to the late actor.
The channel is run by former leisure reporter Lee Jin-ho, who has about 620,000 subscribers.
In November, Lee criticized Kim, claiming she hosted a consuming occasion with mates after halting her performing profession attributable to a DUI incident in 2022.
He additionally mocked her for getting a part-time job at a espresso store, suggesting it was a publicity stunt to elicit public sympathy. Final month, Lee reported on rumors of Kim’s doable marriage after she posted a photograph with a person on social media.
Kim, finest identified for her function within the 2010 Korean movie „The Man from Nowhere,“ was discovered lifeless at her dwelling in Seoul on Feb. 16. Police confirmed there have been no indicators of foul play.
After Kim’s bereaved household signaled their intent to take authorized motion in opposition to Lee for inflicting emotional misery to the deceased, Lee made many associated movies non-public.
