Stars feel pressure to bring abusive content creators to justice

With the increasing popularity of secondary content derived from K-pop, writing, sharing and reading fan fiction featuring idols has become common in fandoms. Risks lurk in such creative works as seen in a recent presidential petition. Sexualizing K-pop singers in fan fiction caused a stir earlier this year after an anonymous petitioner filed a complaint on the Cheong Wa Dae website, calling for harsh punishment for “real person slash” (RPS) involving underage male idols.

source https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/02/732_303390.html?fl

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