Netizens scramble to delete and apologize for their comments after IU threatens legal action

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Article: IU, "I will be taking apologies for the rumors" what happened after she posted on Instagram

Source: Kukmin Ilbo via Nate

1. [+655, -83] I hope she sues the first media outlet that reported it..

2. [+491, -96] Pathetic people, don't write hate comments if you can't stand behind your words

3. [+412, -72] There really needs to be penalization for the reporting and spreading of fake news. These irresponsible witch hunts need to stop. It's so dangerous to think "oh, it's not a big deal if it isn't true". We really need to clean out the media outlets from journalists who don't even bother to check the facts.

4. [+49, -23] The journalists are the problem for putting out articles with false information on it, I don't know why the arrow of ridicule is being pointed at netizens when netizens were just criticizing what we were reading in the news. Obviously comments that were attacking her are grounds for 'hate comment' but the rest of the public had a right to criticize IU based on the information given to us from these articles. The root of the problem is the journalists who misled the public with false information and yet none of these news articles are pointing that out and instead pointing at the netizens.

5. [+42, -27] The Nate comments were no joke... calling her sly, and that they expected this from her. Sue them!

6. [+27, -28] IU renewed her contract with her agency without any extra money, just better conditions for her staff.. She really doesn't seem greedy for money

7. [+25, -27] IU has set precedent that she doesn't go easy with hate comments so people are apologizing right away. Why leave hate comments at all, it's so pathetic.

8. [+17, -18] Koreans as a people just can't stand other people doing better than them... it's a characteristic of our kind

9. [+12, -15] People were so quick to leave hate comments over a few articles before IU even put out her own statement, please catch them all ㅠㅠ

10. [+11, -14] Other community boards are already blaming others, saying it's the journalist's fault for writing false information and that the blame shouldn't be on the netizens ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ a lot of female community sites are going to get lawsuit letters with how much they've been torturing IU, tsk tsk. Their jealousy is understandable. They're stuck in their rooms on a women's community site while IU is making tons of money, donating to charities, and owning rich land.

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