With the Chinese authorities calling for curbing the country’s out-of-control fan spending and fan club “chaos”, Weibo suspended more than 20 BTS, Blackpink, EXO and other K-Pop fan accounts.
This move happened a few days after a photo Custom Jeju Jet Ji Min, a member of the BTS, funded by a fan account on China’s Weibo, circulated on the Internet.According to reports, the plane was funded by Jimin’s fans as a gift to the 26-year-old K-Pop starday October birthday.
Crowdfunding birthday gifts triggered negative reactions and online complaints, prompting Weibo Suspend fan account Behind expensive gifts.After announcing the suspension for several hours, the platform stated that it will also suspend other 21 K-Pop fan accounts for a period of one month, including four supporting BTS and three with Black pink, Three are related to EXO and the other five are related to the boy band NCT.
Weibo explained in a statement after the suspension that “resolutely oppose this irrational star-chasing behavior and will deal with it seriously.” The platform also vowed to strengthen the supervision of fan culture and “purify” the Internet atmosphere by getting rid of excessive fanaticism.
The Chinese authorities have been vigorously punishing fan clubs for excessive consumption and “chaos”.Last week, the government Issue new instructions Revolve around new tasks.
At the same time, the administrator behind the suspended BTS Jimin fan account changed the account name “to indicate a new starting point.” “We call on everyone to be civilized and rationally chase stars… to create a harmonious and healthy network environment,” the administrator wrote on his account.
According to local reports, the fan club started raising funds in April, looking forward to BTS JiminBirthday. The club raised more than $155,000 from members in the first three minutes of the campaign and $356,000 in the first hour.
The fan account has at least 1.1 million fans, far exceeding the 290,000 fans on the official Weibo of the BTS label HYBE.
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