Summary of 名誉毀損訴訟タレコミガイドライン

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This video discusses the guidelines for filing a defamation lawsuit in Japan. The guidelines focus on one's social media followers being either famous people or people with a lot of followers. If either of these apply to the defendant, the defendant is not eligible to file a defamation lawsuit against the plaintiff. If the defendant meets all of the following conditions, they are eligible to file a lawsuit: 1) they are famous, 2) the plaintiff has harassed them on social media, and 3) the defendant feels their social media presence is diminishing due to the harassment.

• 00:00:00 In this video, "名誉毀損訴訟タレコミガイドライン" (Treatment guideline for damage to one's image through defamation), a police assistant discusses how he's started receiving a lot of defamation lawsuits via DM. The guidelines he's created focus on one's social media followers being either famous people or people with a lot of followers. If either of these apply to the defendant, the defendant is not eligible to file a defamation lawsuit against the plaintiff. If the defendant meets all of the following conditions, they are eligible to file a lawsuit: 1) they are famous, 2) the plaintiff has harassed them on social media, and 3) the defendant feels their social media presence is diminishing due to the harassment. Finally, the assistant provides an example of a situation in which he would file a lawsuit: Hidemichi Kaneko, the lead singer of the rock band Radwimps, has been defaming the assistant on social media, and the assistant has been avoiding him. If the conditions are met, the assistant would file a lawsuit against Kaneko.