Snowdrop controversy: JTBC sues netizens for accusing Jisoo and Jung Hae In starrer of ‘historic distortion’ – Occasions of India

BLACKPINK member Jisoo and Jung Hae In starrer ‘Snowdrop’ acquired swept in controversies when netizens slammed the drama for ‘historic distortion’. Whereas JTBC who helmed the drama, got here ahead to make clear the accusation with an apology to the viewers, the web trolls and malicious assaults reportedly continued regardless of all efforts. On Friday, JTBC confirmed that it had filed felony lawsuits in opposition to social media customers who continued to accuse ‘Snowdrop’ of historic distortion.

In an official assertion to the media, JTBC shared in the present day, “JTBC has moved ahead with felony lawsuits in opposition to netizens who habitually unfold false rumours about ‘Snowdrop’ with malicious intent. As a result of unfold of such rumours and accusations, the forged members of ‘Snowdrop’ suffered from extreme malicious assaults on-line, and the manufacturing firm and a number of other sponsoring firms all confronted damages. JTBC has concluded that such damages can’t be suffered every time a drama falls beneath controversy. Thus, the broadcasting station has chosen to behave with the intention to remind viewers of the gravity of such actions.”

All of it started in December 2021 when the present premiered and sparked debates on on-line platforms concerning alleged historic distortion. Whereas some accused that the drama used the identify of a real-life historic determine with out consent, others easy slammed the makers for ‘mocking’ the democratic motion of South Korea. It was additional alleged that the characters within the present have been romanticized in opposition to the historical past of South Korea’s Company for Nationwide Safety Planning from the interval reportedly.

Whereas the matter was taken to a number of broadcasting communities and even civil courts looking for a ban on the present, the Korea Communications Requirements Fee (KOCSC), dominated, “It’s troublesome to conclude that the drama ‘Snowdrop’ romanticizes the Company for Nationwide Safety Planning or mocks the nationwide democratic motion.”

At the moment, ‘Snowdrop’ is streaming on Netflix.