People Power Party: Systematic Comments Defaming Yoon Couple Detected Using 'Kraken'

"Total of 2,481 Defamatory and False Comments Confirmed"

Lee Jun-seok, the leader of the People Power Party, and Lee Young, the chairman of the Digital Communication Committee, are unveiling the first "Kraken" program, the first silk pouch, on the afternoon of November 14 last year at the National Assembly Members' Office Building.
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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Jung-wan] The People Power Party announced that after activating its own 'Kraken' system, which monitors internet comment manipulation, it detected signs of organized comment operations aimed at defaming presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, and stated that it will request an investigation from judicial authorities.

Lee Young, head of the Digital Media Division, held a press conference at the National Assembly on the afternoon of the 17th and disclosed two cases detected by Kraken up to the 10th of this month, conveying this information.

Lee said, "The first case involved multiple IDs posting the same comment content while changing emoticon images or sentence order to evade portal abuse detection," adding, "These 15 accounts wrote 10,385 comments and ceased activity from December 30 last year, the day Kraken's pilot operation results were announced, until January 11. They resumed activity after January 11, the day Mr. Lee, who first raised allegations of attorney fee payments for candidate Lee Jae-myung (Democratic Party), passed away."

He explained, "A total of 2,481 defamatory and false comments were written, and it was also confirmed that comments favorable to candidate Lee were posted on articles related to opinion polls," adding, "We plan to request an investigation from judicial authorities regarding the intelligent and malicious defamation of candidates and their families, as well as distortion of opinion poll reporting."

Lee continued, "The second case involved using multiple different accounts to repeatedly post defamatory comments under the same nickname," explaining, "These accounts maliciously defamed candidate Yoon, Mr. Kim, and Representative Lee Jun-seok through dozens of comments daily."

He said, "Between December 19-20 last year and January 19-20 this year, 13 accounts that used different nicknames changed to the same nickname. They repeatedly deleted comments that did not receive many recommendations within a few days," adding, "This is an act of evading daily comment posting and like count limits per account to manipulate defamatory comments and recommendation counts, and we plan to request an investigation from judicial authorities."

Earlier, the People Power Party unveiled 'Kraken' on November 14 last year. Named after the mythical giant octopus monster, Kraken symbolizes the intent to hunt down 'King Crab,' the macro program used by the so-called 'Druking.'

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