In 2022, a landmark ruling by the Osaka District Court ordered an ISP to reveal the identity of a person who defamed a VTuber, ruling that attacks on an avatar are legally equivalent to attacks on the person behind it.
This indie Indonesian VTuber was forced to graduate (retire) after receiving her personally identifiable information via Discord DMs, stating she felt too unsafe to continue streaming. vtuber-doxxed
Allegations surfaced regarding a doxxing incident involving former corporate VTubers, leading to a public feud where personal DMs and "menhera" (troubled mental state) accusations were exchanged. In 2022, a landmark ruling by the Osaka