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  "path": "/2026/07/super-juniors-choi-siwon-wins-us-court.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-03T14:21:45.007Z",
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  "textContent": "**Super** **Junior's** **Choi** **Siwon** has taken a **legal** **action** against **malicious** **commenters** online.\n\nOn the 3rd, it was confirmed that Siwon has filed **lawsuits** against individuals targeting him with malicious comments. He actually managed to **unmask** **these** **anonymous** **users** by getitng their **private** **personal** **information** directly through a **U.S. court.**\n\nAccording to an exclusive report by Sisa Journal, the **U.S. District Court** for the Northern District of California officially **granted** Siwon's application for **pretrial** **discovery** on the 2nd. This legal approval targets **10** **specific** **anonymous** **users** across overseas platforms like **X** and **Youtube**.\n\nIf you aren't familiar with the term, **discovery** is a legal proedure that allows someone to **gather** **evidence** they need from **the** **opposing** **side** or **third** **parties** before the actual trial starts.\n\nSince these platfoms are based in the U.S., Siwon's legal side petitioned the U.S. court to order them to hand over the users' **real names, dates of birth, and addresses**. His lawyers sargued that because the comments were written in **Korean** and the account data pointed **overseas** , there was no reason to believe any of these anonymous users were **American** **citizens** or **living** **in** **the** **U.S.**\n\nThe U.S. court completely agreed and granted his request. The judge explained that the **First** **Amendment's** **free** **speech** **protections** **do** **not** **apply** t**o foreign citizens living outside the U.S.** Since the malicious comments **targeted a South Korean resident** and there was **no proof the accounts belonged to Americans** , the court ruled that ordering the companies to share the user data **would not violate anyone's constitutional rights**. Now that Siwon has obtained this private information, he can easily move forward with his lawsuits and claim damages in South Korea.\n\nSo, how did this whole mess even start? According to court records, Siwon had been dealing with a constant wave of **malicious comments** ever since **former President Yoon Sukyeol** declared **martial** **law** back on **December** **3.**\n\nThe online attacks got much worse in **February** after **Yoon Sukyeol** was **sentenced to life in prison** during his first trial on insurrection charges. Right around that time, **Siwon** posted a **Bible** **verse** on his social media alongside a **Chinese** **idiom** that means, _**'The unjust will inevitably perish, collapsingcompletely like crumbling earth and shattered roof tiles.'**_\n\nThe public viewed this as a **political** **statement**. While it sparked a lot of **controversy** , it also led **conservative** **Youtuber** **Jeon Han-gil** to pulicly speak up and express **support** for Siwon.\n\nAfter that post, X and Youtube were flooded with thousands of **hateful** **comments** attacking **Siwon's political views, religion, appearance, and career.** Some netizens left comments like **'Leave Super Junior,' 'If you want to do politics, become a politician,'** and**'Are you clinging to the idol title just for the money?'** , while others took low blows by attacking his **religious** **beliefs**.\n\nSiwon was clearly not having it. By **May** , he filed a **civil** **lawsuit** against **10** of these individuals at the Seoul Central District Court, seeking major damages for **defamation** and **insult**.\n\nHis agency, SM Entertainment, is fully supporting him. In **February** , **SM** **Entertainment** released a statement, saying:\n\n> _\"We have recently confirmed the**continued** **and** **repeated** posting of **malicious** **content** , including **personal** **attacks** **and** **insults** , targeting our artists. We take these matters very **seriously**.\"_\n\nThe agency also added that they will continue to **collect** **evidence** of the creation and distribution of false information, as well as posts that mock their artists across online communities and social platforms. After reviewing everything, they plan to gradually **expand** their **criminal** **complaints** **and** **legal** **actions** against anyone targeting their artists.",
  "title": "Super Junior's Choi Siwon wins U.S. court approval to unmask malicious commenters",
  "updatedAt": "2026-07-03T14:21:45.008Z"
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