A short update on my lawsuit against LINE. There was a hearing on September 3, 2026.

The court went back over what the case turns on and put it as two issues. One is factual: whether the accesses LINE points to were made by me. The other is legal: how the terms of service should be read, and whether what I did falls under them.

On the legal one, the court told LINE that their argument as it stands isn’t organised enough. For each of the clauses they cite as grounds for the suspension, it isn’t clear which words in the clause my conduct is supposed to fall under. They have to set that out, clause by clause against the acts they attribute to me, and supplement their argument before the next hearing.

The court also asked both sides to consider two things: whether witness examination is needed, and whether the case could be settled. On our side the only person who could be examined is me, and my lawyer told the court that we don’t intend to apply for it. LINE will decide whether they want to cross-examine me, and if they do, I may have to appear in court myself. Settlement may be discussed at the next hearing as well, so both sides were asked to think about that too.

LINE will file their response to our third brief by October 13, and the next hearing is on October 19, 2026. Hopefully then they’ll be able to actually prove that I did infringe the terms of services (I did not to my knowledge).

Nothing has changed on my side. The suspension is still in place and I still can’t send messages, nearly a year and a half on. My lawyer asked me to confirm that before we start talking about settlement, and that was all I had to report.

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