On Wednesday morning, #WhiteLivesMatter was trending on Twitter — but not for the reason many first assumed. K-pop fans are mobilizing online this week for the #BlackLivesMatter movement by drowning out racist posts with flashy, cheerful “fancam” videos of BTS and other Korean performers.
BTS’s so-called ARMY and fans of other K-pop artists are known for regularly descending on viral tweets with pop propaganda.
This week, they’ve mostly targeted vilifying or insulting posts that used the slogan White Lives Matter, which the Anti-Defamation League has linked to white supremacist groups.
The hordes eventually expanded their trolling to social-media posts tagged #BlueLivesMatter and #MAGA as well. The fans are likely based in the US, as fans
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