South Korean YouTube channel comes under fire for spreading fake news about President Yoon, voluntarily deletes video

The South Korean YouTube channel “FuRi” has been criticized for “spreading fake news.”
Creator” changed his channel name on the 24th and deleted the video in question.
removed. They appear to have succumbed to pressure from the government and public opinion. This channel covers various Korean hot topics in the form of shorts (short videos) and has approximately 54,000 subscribers.
It had reached 000 people. However, many of the contents were untrue and were pointed out as fake news. For example, ``President Yoon got angry when he hit the makgeolli bottle during his speech.''
, ``Chairman of Samsung Electronics and singer Hong Jin Young are getting married,'' and ``Former President Park Geun-hye paid 150 million won in congratulatory money for the marriage of politician Lee Jun-seok,'' which caused problems.
ing. These are all videos that are not true and are likely to violate the honor and human rights of the people involved. There are also claims that ``famous people have gotten divorced'' or ``they are in critical condition,'' and these are also true.
There was no. It has been pointed out that such videos not only confuse viewers, but also pose the risk of causing social confusion and mistrust.
On the other hand, the Korean Broadcasting and Telecommunications Deliberation Commission has issued an official review to this channel.
A discussion was scheduled. They were considering taking measures such as deleting the video or blocking the channel, but the channel voluntarily deleted the video due to pressure from critical public opinion. The committee will continue to
The company said it will take strict action against channels that spread the virus.