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Major comics piracy hubs are shutting down. Here's how it happened.
April 29, 2026
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It has been a brutal few months for readers of pirated comics and manga. On Monday, Newtokki, a major illegal webtoon site in Korea, abruptly shut down. In a notice posted on its website, the operators said the platform would go dark by midnight and that all user data would be deleted. They added that they had no plans to revive the service and warned that any future site using a similar name would not be affiliated with them.
Newtokki ran alongside two affiliated sites operated by the same owne
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