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"Spurred at first by the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests around the
world, K-pop stans made themselves known outside of music circles this
weekend, when some took credit for helping to inflate expectations for
President Trump’s rally in Oklahoma by reserving tickets they had no
plans to use. But while the Trump campaign has denied that the pointed
prank affected rally attendance, blaming protesters and the news media
instead, the call to action in K-pop circles revealed a growing
realization that fans’ efficient social-media tactics for fund-raising
or making a song go viral can also be used for political activism.
In recent weeks, K-pop devotees — who use Twitter as a home base, but
proliferate across TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms —
have spammed a birthday card for President Trump, disrupted a Dallas
police app seeking intelligence on protesters and flooded would-be white
supremacist hashtags, while also announcing that they had matched a $1
million donation from BTS for Black Lives Matter groups. And in keeping
with the growing popularity of K-pop in the United States, many of these
budding digital activists may also be American citizens, according to
experts."
Via Frederick Wilson II.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
