The victimized video streamer gave an unusual warning that a particular fan was repeatedly accusated on social media.
The more depressed the staff was, the more harassed they continued, announcing the damage and proclaiming the severance of the relationship. What was behind the trouble?
“Self-made and sent a story”
Popular YouTubers Yuni Akatsuki and Himari Mochizuki (about 330,000 subscribers in total) who disguise themselves as characters and distribute videos have been relentlessly harassed on April 2, 2022. Announced that it would “block” certain Twitter accounts.
According to the two tweets, false posts about the company “Yunicreate” (Taito-ku, Tokyo) have been repeated, which has hindered business and activities. Some staff were depressed due to psychological stress and had to retire.
On the 6th, the company’s president, Yomitsu Mochizuki, told J-CAST News that “Yuni Akatsuki isn’t doing well, but because she’s being bullied by the office, she’s power harassed.” I was sending it out. ”
The tweets of hoaxes and personality attacks have continued for over a year, and he also revealed that he sent an email to the company saying, “The office and Mochizuki are colluding and persecuting Akatsuki.”
The impact was enormous, as there were inquiries from business partners asking for fact confirmation and hiring activities were hindered. Akatsuki-san and Mochizuki-san’s unprecedented confrontation was fueled, making it difficult to jointly distribute.
Motivation of the perpetrator
Gradually, fans began to be inspired by the factless information of the perpetrators. Considering the mental aspects of the talents and the people involved, the office decided the above-mentioned “block declaration” after suffering.
The perpetrator then apologized on Twitter and publicly explained his motivation as “because he was a talent from the time he was founded, he wanted him to be more important.”
This anonymous account, which professes to be a fan of Mr. Akatsuki, suddenly turned a question into conviction, and recalled his words and actions as “a completely misguided runaway” and “when I think about it now, I was not very calm.” ing.
Mr. Mochizuki commented on this excuse, “It can be said that it is good for fans to think hard about their child as a relationship between an idol-like existence and fans, but it is unspecified because it seems that the fact that it does not exist is a reality. It is unacceptable to keep sending to a large number. ”
Legal action is under consideration. Considering the time required for the proceedings, the cost, and the uncertainties in the repayment ability of the other party, there is a background that cannot be decided immediately.
Regarding measures against false accusation in the future, “I’m not going to crush anything other than good opinions. It’s not widespread because it’s cult-like popularity to say that it’s unnamed and praised only by some people. I think we have to show a resolute attitude. “
He told the talents and staff how to deal with the heartless writing.
“For example, whether the content was interesting or not can’t be helped, and you have to be content with what is legitimate. But at the same time, how much weight you receive the statement. We can control it. I told you that you have to make a good judgment as to whether it is legitimate. ”
Accusation to V-tuber becomes more serious
Video distributors using CG characters are generally called “Virtual YouTuber (V Tuber)”. Accusation of V-tubers has become a major problem throughout the industry.
In September 2009, Cover, which operates the V-tuber office “Hololive Production,” revealed that it had taken two legal actions by posting malicious images with accusation and infringement to talents. We are calling on the discoverers to report from the dedicated form.
ANY COLOR, which owns the V-tuber group “Nijisanji”, launched the “Aggressive Acts and False Accusation Countermeasures Team” in September 2008, and announced that it had responded to 90 cases in one year. There was also a death threat, and there were cases where a damage report was submitted.
In response to the increase in troubles, Monolith Law Office announced in March 2010 that it would set up a specialized team for V-tubers to strengthen legal support.
According to a “user local” survey of big data analysis, the number of V-tubers began to increase in December 2017 and exceeded 16,000 in October 2009.
(J-CAST News Editorial Department Ryo Tanimoto)