[theqoo] HELLO THIS IS SM ENTERTAINMENT

June 19, 2026

Hello, this is SM Entertainment.

We would like to inform you that a guilty verdict has been handed down against the defendant in the case involving the production and sale for profit of deepfake videos featuring our agency’s artists Karina and Winter, sentencing them to 2 years and 6 months in prison, an order to complete 80 hours of s****l violence treatment program, and a 7-year employment restriction order for child and youth-related institutions.

Our agency is closely monitoring reports from fans and major domestic and international platforms (Theqoo, Instiz, X, DC Inside, Nate Pann, MLB Park, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Ilbe Storage, Bobae Dream, FM Korea, Naver, Daum, etc.), and as announced in the previous quarter notice, significant results continue to follow, particularly in the aforementioned case and other deepfake-related incidents.

In addition, we are continuously filing complaints with investigative authorities against individuals who post malicious content and comments related to our artists, on charges of violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of S****l Crimes, the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, the Telecommunications Business Act, and other laws.

We have already secured numerous pieces of evidence, and with the assistance of platform companies and institutions, we are identifying the identities of anonymous posters. We hereby declare that we will respond sternly without any leniency or settlements regarding acts of spreading malicious rumors, disseminating false information, s*****l harassment, mockery, and producing and distributing distorted content.

Our agency will continue to make every best effort in all aspects to protect the rights and interests of our affiliated artists going forward.

Thank you.

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1. Just k*ll him

2. 2 years of sentence…?;;

4. 2 years is way too short, just k*ll him

5. Give him at least 60 years

6. Still it’s a good thing, we need to start punishing them

7. Crazy f*ckers

8. I’ve seen so many videos of female idols dressed so provocatively on Twitter and dancing in those outfits. Those are all AI right? Seriously I’ve seen every female idol

9. What the? That’s all he got?

10. Even when he sold those he only got 2 years?