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TikTok Teens and K-Pop Stans Say They Sunk Trump Rally

by tdonia on 6/21/20, 4:29 AM with 3 comments

  • by DyslexicAtheist on 6/21/20, 7:31 AM

    brilliant:

    > TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music groups claimed to have registered potentially hundreds of thousands of tickets for Trump’s campaign rally as a prank. After @TeamTrump tweeted asking supporters to register for free tickets using their phones on June 11, K-pop fan accounts began sharing the information with followers, encouraging them to register for the rally — and then not show.

    > They also reclaimed the #WhiteLivesMatter hashtag in May, by spamming it with endless K- pop videos, in hopes to make it harder for white supremacists and sympathizers to find one another and communicate their messaging.

  • by aspenmayer on 6/21/20, 4:49 AM

    The kids are alright.
  • by 3327 on 6/21/20, 9:41 AM

    Punked!