Yeah vtubers are a little different than a traditional cartoon character. If someone hates Homer Simpson and says he has sex with dogs when he’s not on TV that is obviously absurd, but if someone says that about a vtuber the implication is that this is about the real person who portrays the vtuber. IMO if something would be illegal to say about a regular streamer, it should probably be illegal to say about a vtuber. I am generally on the side of freedom of speech on these things, but I think for consistency’s sake the law should treat the two similarly.
Yeah vtubers are a little different than a traditional cartoon character. If someone hates Homer Simpson and says he has sex with dogs when he’s not on TV that is obviously absurd, but if someone says that about a vtuber the implication is that this is about the real person who portrays the vtuber. IMO if something would be illegal to say about a regular streamer, it should probably be illegal to say about a vtuber. I am generally on the side of freedom of speech on these things, but I think for consistency’s sake the law should treat the two similarly.