{"id":61451,"date":"2026-03-02T16:20:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=61451"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:44:16","slug":"square-enix-takes-action-against-admin-of-final-fantasy-14-news-blog-over-harassment-of-development-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/square-enix-takes-action-against-admin-of-final-fantasy-14-news-blog-over-harassment-of-development-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Enix\u00a0takes action\u00a0against admin of Final Fantasy 14 news blog over\u00a0harassment\u00a0of\u00a0development\u00a0staff\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Square Enix <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jp.square-enix.com\/company\/ja\/news\/files\/a328c2deb442a2d4342867b0f8d0cb73.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> on March 2 that it has\u00a0taken\u00a0action\u00a0against\u00a0the\u00a0administrator\u00a0of\u00a0the Japanese\u00a0aggregator\u00a0news blog \u00a0<strong>Netoge\u00a0Sokuh\u014d<\/strong>\u00a0(formerly \u201cFF14 Sokuh\u014d\u201d)\u00a0for publishing\u00a0article(s)\u00a0that\u00a0harmed the\u00a0reputations\u00a0of its executives and\u00a0employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citing the problematic&nbsp;content, Square Enix&nbsp;filed a request&nbsp;with the site\u2019s provider, asking for the&nbsp;disclosure of the anonymous administrator\u2019s identity.&nbsp;The provider complied, after which Square Enix came into contact with the administrator.&nbsp;Following negotiations, the two parties reached a settlement, with the&nbsp;admin agreeing&nbsp;to&nbsp;publish&nbsp;an apology, shut down the site,&nbsp;and pay an undisclosed settlement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300c\u5f53\u793e\u5f79\u8077\u54e1\u7b49\u306b\u5bfe\u3059\u308b\u30cf\u30e9\u30b9\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8\u884c\u70ba\u306b\u5bfe\u3059\u308b\u5bfe\u5fdc\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u300d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TiqD0hTNpO\">https:\/\/t.co\/TiqD0hTNpO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30b9\u30af\u30a6\u30a7\u30a2\u30fb\u30a8\u30cb\u30c3\u30af\u30b9 (@squareenix_jp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/squareenix_jp\/status\/2028323800308396115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement by Square Enix includes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ff14net.2chblog.jp\/archives\/63035237.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a link to the apology<\/a>, in which Netoge&nbsp;Sokuh\u014d\u2019s administrator announces&nbsp;that the blog will soon be shut down.&nbsp;They&nbsp;also&nbsp;state, \u201cThe publication of the article(s)&nbsp;in question was not intended to infringe upon the rights or reputation of any specific&nbsp;organization&nbsp;or individuals&nbsp;involved. However, we&nbsp;sincerely&nbsp;apologize&nbsp;for any concerns that may have arisen as a result.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Square Enix, this move is in line with its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hd.square-enix.com\/eng\/company\/customer_harassment_policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Group Customer Harassment Policy<\/a>,&nbsp;established&nbsp;in January 2025.&nbsp;At the time, the company said it was seeing instances that&nbsp;constitute&nbsp;customer harassment (such as defamation,&nbsp;violence&nbsp;and threats) of&nbsp;its&nbsp;employees, which compromised their sense of security.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its new announcement, Square Enix reiterates that, \u201cGoing forward, we will continue to take strict action, including legal measures, against conduct that targets specific individuals or constitutes harassment that threatens the safety or mental well-being of our officers and employees, in order to protect them and maintain a healthy workplace environment.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/square-enix-anti-harassment-policy-brings-attention-to-vicious-hate-campaigns-against-final-fantasy-16-and-its-creators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Square Enix anti-harassment policy brings attention to vicious hate campaigns against Final Fantasy 16 and its creators&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/sega-takes-legal-action-against-individual-for-harassment-of-its-employee-and-warns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sega takes legal action against individual for harassment of its employee and warns that a similar response awaits anyone else who tries&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two parties have reached a settlement, with the admin agreeing to shut down the blog and pay an undisclosed sum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":61454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-61451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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