“They had no ability to pay， and lived in a house in the countryside that couldn’t be moved by the wind．．．” A lawyer who fought against 40 people who slandered them on social media talks about their “tragic true nature．”
In recent years, “anonymous slander on the internet” has become a social problem, with celebrities and athletes being so upset by heartless comments on social media that they have even taken their own lives. In June 2022, the law was amended to add new penalties of “imprisonment,” “incarceration,” and “fines” to the crime of insult, but there are still people who do not, or cannot, stop posting slander online. What kind of person would continue to write anonymous slander and then be asked to disclose it? We spoke to a lawyer who actually filed a disclosure request in response to slanderous remarks against him. (Interview and text by Seidansha) Bunshun Online.
>>1 The point is, it’s a hobby that doesn’t cost money. Even if you don’t have money, if you’re smart, you can think of cheap hobbies like studying a language, reading and reviewing books, haiku and tanka, playing an instrument, calligraphy and calligraphy, cooking, etc.
>>2 In the old days of computer communication like NiftyServe, you had to use handle names, so your reputation depended on what you wrote If you wrote something careless, you’d be shunned All text-based SNS should use nicknames.
Apparently someone in Iizuka has been sending threatening emails to the man whose family was killed, and the emails have been made public. Maybe he can’t stand the attention he gets from others who sympathize with him in his invincible state as an unemployed, single, childless old man? I guess this means that there are an increasing number of Japanese people like him.
It must be tough for a celebrity to have their life ruined by an unemployed guy from the countryside. Even if they’re just a burden and a drag, they still get one vote in the election, so their future can’t be any better.
People who write slanderous comments think that they are just one person out of many and therefore cannot be sued…but the plaintiff has the right to decide who out of the crowd to sue. Logic like “other people are doing it, so why me?’’ doesn’t work in the legal world.
>It seems that sometimes the clients themselves were left speechless when they saw the miserable lives of the people they identified through disclosure requests. “I had a client who had been subjected to severe slander, and when I identified the perpetrator through a disclosure request, I discovered that he was living in poverty in the countryside. Once, the client saw this and took pity on him, saying, ’I feel so sorry for the other party, so I will withdraw my request,’ and the case was discontinued.”
It’s up to each individual whether they see it as a risk to society or an opportunity. Money and status don’t matter, this is your chance. Other people’s opinions don’t matter, just write what you want to say.
I don’t really understand the feeling of slander. I can understand if it’s abusive language aimed at criminals or lunatics in crime articles, but there are plenty of people who do it to people who aren’t criminals either.
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