Square Enix issued a statement on April 20 announcing that it has taken legal action in response to multiple videos that constituted harassment towards its executives and employees. According to the announcement, the company identified the user who, on an undisclosed video sharing site, published content which harmed the reputation of the company and employees involved with Final Fantasy XIV.
At the time of the announcement, the videos in question and the account have already been taken down from the website according to Square Enix, with the company reaching an amicable settlement with the user. The user apologized for their actions, paid an undisclosed sum as compensation, and was prohibited from performing similar actions in the future.
This announcement follows another case of online harassment towards Square Enix employees which was reported by the company on March 2. As revealed in the official statement, the company had taken action against the administrator of the Japanese aggregator news blog Netoge Sokuho (formerly “FF14 Sokuho”) for publishing articles which damaged the reputation of its employees. As the website owner was anonymous, the company had to file a request for the site’s provider to disclose their identity, which was granted by the court much like in this new case. Following direct negotiations between the two parties, the website owner agreed to make a public apology, shut down the site and pay an undisclosed settlement.
While the account name and details of the videos from the aforementioned case haven’t been disclosed this time, it seems like the company’s response has been nearly identical to that taken in the Netoge Sokuho case.
On a related note, following the closure of Netoge Sokuho, Umadori Sokuho, another aggregator blog with a focus on Final Fantasy 14 content voluntarily announced that it would be shutting down, likely to prevent further damage from happening. Similarly, while not directly connected to Square Enix, Pazusoku, another aggregator website dedicated to Gung-ho’s hit mobile game Puzzle & Dragons, also announced its closure in March.
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Yall need to leave wuk lamat alone
Free speech? No such thing in 2026. Agenda 2030 inbound
Gurl, idt’s in Japan. Did you not read the article?
Reading is for bozos, real gamers™ defend free speech®©
Typical American, thinks everything that ever happens ever is in America. Also can’t even read English.
Typical commentor. Needs to Ad hom to feel valid. Free Speech is a thing regardless tho
free speech in Japan is not like other countries in West
Womp womp
The world is not the United States
Lil bro thinks the Earth follows the USA constitution
Just remove Wuk Lamat
Remove yourself
The comments make me think this person was exposing SE for letting standards slip
Wuk Lamat isn’t even a strong side story companion. She’s the reason I’ll be getting a story skip for Dawntrail if I get back into it (Been playing on and off since 2014 so not just a random opinion or troll)
Not really surprised, in
P.apan they take that kinda shit really seriously, and for the most part the employees don’t make a social media fuss.
They published MEDIA on that undisclosed site.