KwakTube’s Rome journey video with Lee Na-eun, launched on his YouTube channel on Sept. 16. Captured from YouTube
Lee’s company denies hidden promoting allegations: ‘Journey bills have been coated by KwakTube’
By KTimes
Journey YouTuber Kwak Joon-bin, higher referred to as KwakTube, and actress Lee Na-eun, previously of lady group April, face recent allegations of violating promoting laws, as their supposedly spontaneous Rome journey is claimed to have been pre-arranged by Lee’s company, Namooactors.
In accordance with the Honest Commerce Fee on Monday, a netizen just lately filed a criticism with the Nationwide Petition System, accusing KwakTube of violating the Act on Honest Labeling and Promoting by not disclosing a attainable monetary relationship within the journey vlog.
Within the video, KwakTube stated, “I used to be initially planning to go to the U.Okay., however we determined to satisfy in Italy after Lee Na-eun steered it,” portraying the journey as a coincidence.
The netizen alleged that the journey was really coordinated with Lee’s company to enhance her public picture, making it an implicit contract that required disclosure underneath promoting legal guidelines. The foundations require content material creators to reveal any financial pursuits with sponsors when selling manufacturers or merchandise of their movies.
If any monetary transaction happened between KwakTube and Lee, KwakTube may very well be present in violation of the legislation for failing to reveal this relationship.
Nevertheless, some interpretations counsel that as a result of Lee didn’t obtain fee for her look, it might not represent a violation. The case has been assigned to the FTC’s Shopper Affairs Division for investigation.
Lee’s company, Namooactors, denied the allegations, saying, “There was no monetary transaction concerned. KwakTube coated all journey bills, and the journey was initiated by him. Lee Na-eun participated along with her company’s permission.”
The controversy follows KwakTube’s Sept. 16 add of the journey video with Lee. KwakTube, who has beforehand spoken out as a sufferer of faculty bullying, confronted criticism for seemingly defending Lee, who has been accused of being concerned in bullying throughout her time with APRIL. His comment to her, “Sorry for misunderstanding you,” sparked backlash.
In response, KwakTube made the video personal and issued two public apologies, acknowledging his failure to contemplate the hurt his feedback may trigger to bullying victims.
Regardless of his apologies, the fallout continues, with the Ministry of Training eradicating KwakTube from a faculty violence prevention marketing campaign and a deliberate discuss live performance in Busan being canceled.
This text from the Hankook Ilbo, a sister publication of The Korea Occasions, is translated by a generative AI and edited by The Korea Occasions.
