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🗓️ 8 June 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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0:00.0 | So it is Monday. My name is Philip DeFranco. Welcome back to the show. Buckle up. Hit that like |
0:05.5 | button and let's just jump into it. And the first thing we're going to talk about today actually |
0:08.6 | starts with talking about how K-pop fits into the world of the Black Lives Matter movement |
0:12.6 | and the protests against police brutality. Right. So if you're unaware, K-pop fans have proven |
0:16.3 | themselves to be an incredibly strong force on the internet, and specifically social media, with the power to make pretty much anything go viral. |
0:22.4 | And among the things we've seen them do over the past two weeks, |
0:24.6 | I mean, you have examples of them spamming tip lines. |
0:26.7 | When you had the Dallas Police Department, |
0:28.2 | the police in Grand Rapids, Michigan, asking for tips, |
0:31.0 | saying, hey, send us videos. |
0:32.5 | The K-pop fans spamming that app and portal |
0:35.0 | with K-pop fan cams. Reportedly when the FBI asked for similar tips. |
0:38.7 | People started to flood them the same way, |
0:40.2 | with some also submitting videos of officers |
0:42.0 | beating demonstrators, shooting rubber bullets, |
0:44.1 | and firing tear gas during protests. |
0:45.9 | Kpop fans have also been hijacking hashtag. |
0:48.4 | For example, when some try to get White Lives Matter |
0:50.6 | trending, you had fans spending days |
0:52.2 | to make sure that the hashtag was just full of fan cam, song lyrics, and anything that could generate confusion. |
0:56.0 | Though here there's been a little bit of a debate. |
0:58.0 | You know, some have criticized the move saying that, well, you've made the hashtag trend for days. |
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