BTS, IU, NCT... Chinese Weibo Suspends Numerous Korean Celebrity Fan Club Accounts
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Weibo (微博), the Chinese version of Twitter, announced that it has suspended more than 20 fan club accounts of Korean celebrities including BTS and IU.
According to Chinese media such as Pengpai on the 6th, Weibo cited the reason of "irrationally following and promoting stars" and suspended 21 Korean celebrity fan club accounts, including the Chinese fan club account of Jang Wonyoung, formerly of IZ*ONE, for 30 days.
The 21 accounts suspended for 30 days include fan club accounts of groups BTS, NCT, EXO, and IU. Also suspended for 30 days are individual fan club accounts of BTS members RM, Jin, and J-Hope; NCT members Jaehyun, Mark, Jaemin, and Taeyong; Red Velvet’s Seulgi; Girls' Generation’s Taeyeon; and BLACKPINK’s Ros? and Lisa.
The Jimin fan club account, which raised a large sum of money to fly an airplane covered with photos of BTS member Jimin, was suspended for 60 days. Many intense criticisms against fan club culture appeared in the comments on Chinese media articles related to this.
The Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party announced on the 27th of last month a plan to "strengthen management of disorderly fandoms." This plan includes prohibiting minors from spending money to support celebrities and banning fan clubs from insulting each other online or spreading rumors and fighting.
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