>A U.S. federal court has approved the request made by HYBE and all 13 members of the group SEVENTEEN to identify the person who posted and shared harmful online content. As a result, X (formerly Twitter) and Google are now required to give HYBE the personal details of the account holder involved in this case, which is part of an ongoing defamation lawsuit in a Korean court.
>On the 25th (local time), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California approved the petition for discovery submitted by HYBE and the SEVENTEEN members under 28 U.S.C. §1782. This case is expected to become a representative example of tracking an anonymous user through U.S. legal procedures as a collective action rather than through individual artist responses.
>The court decision says that the legal case is against an anonymous account on the social media platform X. The person behind this account is accused of regularly posting “misogynist remarks” and “false stories about bad relationships and actions” aimed at SEVENTEEN members from around March of last year up to December 29. The people who filed the case say the account used disrespectful and disrespectful language toward all the members, which caused serious harm to the artists and their company.
>On May 22, all 13 SEVENTEEN members (S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, The8, Mingyu, Dokyeom, Seungkwan, Vernon, and Dino) had filed a civil lawsuit for defamation and harassment in the Seoul Central District Court. However, since the defendant was using an anonymous account, it was necessary to identify the individual in order for the case to move forward. As a result, HYBE submitted a discovery petition to a U.S. court.
>The court found that the scope of information requested by HYBE was clear and justified. Under the subpoena approved by the court, X and Google must provide:
* All account-identifying information (name, nickname, account creation date, date of birth, email, contact details, etc.)
* At minimum, the most recent 10 login records and related timestamp time-zone information
* The name, billing address, and phone number associated with any credit card or bank account registered to the account
>Considering the administrative burden on the platform companies, the court set the deadline for submission to 45 days after the subpoena is served. As a result, HYBE is expected to obtain the identity of the malicious rumor spreader as early as early 2026 and proceed with the main lawsuit in the Seoul Central District Court.
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>A U.S. federal court has approved the request made by HYBE and all 13 members of the group SEVENTEEN to identify the person who posted and shared harmful online content. As a result, X (formerly Twitter) and Google are now required to give HYBE the personal details of the account holder involved in this case, which is part of an ongoing defamation lawsuit in a Korean court.
>On the 25th (local time), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California approved the petition for discovery submitted by HYBE and the SEVENTEEN members under 28 U.S.C. §1782. This case is expected to become a representative example of tracking an anonymous user through U.S. legal procedures as a collective action rather than through individual artist responses.
>The court decision says that the legal case is against an anonymous account on the social media platform X. The person behind this account is accused of regularly posting “misogynist remarks” and “false stories about bad relationships and actions” aimed at SEVENTEEN members from around March of last year up to December 29. The people who filed the case say the account used disrespectful and disrespectful language toward all the members, which caused serious harm to the artists and their company.
>On May 22, all 13 SEVENTEEN members (S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, The8, Mingyu, Dokyeom, Seungkwan, Vernon, and Dino) had filed a civil lawsuit for defamation and harassment in the Seoul Central District Court. However, since the defendant was using an anonymous account, it was necessary to identify the individual in order for the case to move forward. As a result, HYBE submitted a discovery petition to a U.S. court.
>The court found that the scope of information requested by HYBE was clear and justified. Under the subpoena approved by the court, X and Google must provide:
* All account-identifying information (name, nickname, account creation date, date of birth, email, contact details, etc.)
* At minimum, the most recent 10 login records and related timestamp time-zone information
* The name, billing address, and phone number associated with any credit card or bank account registered to the account
>Considering the administrative burden on the platform companies, the court set the deadline for submission to 45 days after the subpoena is served. As a result, HYBE is expected to obtain the identity of the malicious rumor spreader as early as early 2026 and proceed with the main lawsuit in the Seoul Central District Court.