The (online) persecution of Daniel Lee

Posted: August 16th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I’m totally puzzled by the story of Daniel Lee being persecuted over a completely imaginary story of diploma forgery. The proportions this took are insane. I met Daniel (aka Tablo) a couple of years ago in Korea, he’s a super talented, smart, well educated young man that certainly didn’t deserve all the crap that came his way.

As usual, this all comes down to a few bored jerks who, hidden behind the anonymity conferred by their computer screens, feel like they can say whatever they want without consequences. Scary, and this form of harassment will soon spread to all wired countries.

The Persecution of Daniel Lee
An Internet smear campaign nearly destroyed the South Korean star, but he fought back with the only weapon he had: the truth.
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One Comment on “The (online) persecution of Daniel Lee”

  1. 1 Laurent Haug » Blog Archive » Ending anonymity: the Korea identity system “debacle” said at 11:03 on August 23rd, 2011:

    [...] already mentioned the problems of online bullying happening in Korea (the (online) persecution of Daniel Lee, Korea’s top actress commits suicide amid rumors, Cyberviolence in Korea), and the [...]


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