On September 15, the TON Foundation announced that it had terminated the position of an intern because the intern promoted the meme token he created on his personal social media account. The intern promoted the token launched on the pump.fun platform on his personal X account with a TON badge and discussed the token's future plans through a live broadcast, but then deleted all relevant content and abandoned the project. The TON Foundation emphasized that this behavior was not an initiative of the Foundation and was not approved or recognized by the Foundation. However, because the intern was responsible for managing the TON official X account and promoting it on accounts that displayed the TON badge, this behavior caused confusion and damaged trust in the community.