Twitter users use K-pop to sabotage hate hashtags against unemployment

The goal is to fill these trends with content related to South Korean groups, and thus prevent what this movement considers to be hate speech from spreading.

Twitter users are using K-pop content to sabotage hashtags that are being used to attack the national strike. The goal is to fill these trends with content related to South Korean groups, and thus prevent what this movement considers to be hate speech from spreading.

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The strategy has been focused on attacking Uribista hashtags, those that incite violence or that point out the protesters as vandals.

Some of the sabotaged hashtags are: #PuroYDuroVandalism #YoApoyoAlEsmad #YoApoyoALaFuerzaPublica #MilitarizacionYa #MilitarizarLasCallesYa #UribeTieneLaRazon #UribeSomosTodos #LavozDeUribeSomostodos #yaunbloquearon

Although in effect the strategy is promoted by K-pop fans, it is also being promoted by different users of social networks who want to prevent hateful messages or speeches from being spread.

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It is not a new trend, nor is it unique to Colombia. The tactic has also appeared to sabotage hashtags against movements like Black Lives Matter.