“To the family…” 3 million YouTubers, “Ziyang”, sued 128 people, Toro! [IT선빵!]”- Herald Economy

[헤럴드경제=김민지 기자] ‘Ziyang’, a YouTuber with 3.07 million subscribers, couldn’t avoid the bad guys who made malicious comments.

Ziyang, who declared his retirement after the back advertisement incident, and then returned, suffered various malicious comments such as YouTube comments, Instagram DM (direct message), and community sites. In the end, on the 25th, 128 people were sued through legal representatives.

The bad guys who were mainly looking for portal news comments are now moving to platforms such as YouTube and Instagram. Last year, after comments on entertainment and sports articles were abolished on portals such as Naver and Daum, the’balloon effect’ occurred. In the case of social networks, it is difficult to monitor using AI like comments, leading to more direct slander.

On the 26th, Ziyang, a YouTuber, told his YouTube account community, “I made a difficult decision to file a complaint against me.”

He said, “I thought that it was my mistake and wrong behavior to come back again, so I made a lot of effort to understand the bad comments,” he said. I didn’t even want to react.”

“However, the more I pretend I don’t know, the more malicious comments that are not only criticizing me, but even my loved ones are spreading through various communities, Instagram DM or YouTube comments. I decided that I should go strong even for those who like it without conditions.”

Previously, Ziyang’s legal representative, Jeonghyang, said on the 25th that it had sued the Gyeonggi Gwangmyeong Police Station for 128 people who had accused Ziyang of reckless bad comments.

Instagram DM bad comments received by Ziyang with 3.07 million subscribers [쯔양 유튜브 채널 커뮤니티 캡처]

Ziyang is a popular foodie YouTuber with 3.07 million subscribers. When the controversy over back advertisements (contents hiding advertisements) swept over the YouTube industry in August of last year, he declared his retirement for a series of bad news. After returning in November last year, about three months later, it was hit by public opinion.

The problem of malicious comments on overseas social networks (SNS) such as YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook has intensified since last year. When portals such as Naver and Daum blocked the comment windows of entertainment and sports articles, bad guys turned to other platforms. It is a kind of’balloon effect’ in which the problem moves to another platform when regulation is implemented on a specific platform.

YouTube, which continues to broadcast in real time, is full of bad comments through real-time chat. In the case of Instagram, they post bad comments on personal account posts or directly swear words in direct mail. In particular, unlike comments, DM does not apply the’Hide Unpleasant Comments’ function that automatically hides malicious content through AI. Profanity and hate speech are transmitted as they are.

YouTube and Instagram have policies in place so that they can report or delete malicious comments. However, even if a report is made, punishment is not easy because many of them are ghost accounts with false personal information. In addition, there are people who repeatedly complain by creating new accounts after reporting.

Experts point out that it is difficult to block the source of malicious comments only by regulation. It means that changing the social perception that bad comments is a criminal act is essential. An industry insider said, “There is a limit to filtering out numerous malicious comments with AI and deep learning technology.” “Education on online ethics, including malicious comments, and related penalties need to be strengthened.”

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