Article: Idols put on an 'ilbe ban' why?



Source: Sports Kyunghyang via Naver



Entertainment agencies have begun to force an 'Ilbe ban' on their idols due to the increasing amount of celebrities who have tarnished their images by misusing a term from the internet website.



JYP, an agency that houses miss A and 2PM, spoke with 'Sports Kyunghyang' in an interview and said, "We're monitoring their activities consistently. We all know what kind of place Ilbe is. We're making sure that none of our members are visiting the site and are also observing our trainees."



Another associate of a different agency added, "When idol stars interact with their fans on message boards or SNS, they pick up and start using words that they don't know where it's originally from. We've warned them all to be careful."



Other entertainment agencies have gone as far as to create a list of Ilbe terminology. A large entertainment agency said, "There's a chance that idols might use these words without knowing the meaning so we made a print out of a list of words like 'nomu nomu' and 'democratization' and handed them out to all of our celebrities."



Agencies are also making extra sure that their celebrities aren't being advertised on the site. On the 1st, an A Pink ad came up on Ilbe, causing a controversy over whether the A Pink members were Ilbe users as well. A Cube was quick to clarify, "The ad was not placed by our company or their official fanclubs. It seems that A Pink's anti fans placed the ad. We have already requested that it be taken down."



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