Controversy over false tweets of “Chosun people poisoned by a well” after earthquake in Japan

Imitation of false rumors during the Great Kanto Earthquake
“Worst Incitement to Discrimination” Public Opinion urged
On the 13th, when the Richter scale of 7.3 earthquake broke out off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, a false article appeared on the Japanese Internet, such as’A Korean or black man poisoned a well. In the same article, a series of posts urging magnetism, saying, “Let’s not be fooled by fake news,” were posted one after another.

The Mainichi Shimbun reported on the 14th that “the strong earthquakes in Fukushima and Miyagi Prefectures were filled with discriminatory remarks, rumors, and uncertain information on Twitter and YouTube.” Eighteen minutes after the earthquake on the 13th, a netizen posted a post on Twitter saying,’I saw the Koreans burning poison in the Fukushima well!’

Mainichi said, “These remarks mimic the rumors that’the Koreans detoxified the wells’ that spread during the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, and the same phenomenon occurs every time a disaster.” During the September 1, 1923 earthquake, the Japanese who believed in false rumors slaughtered more than 6,000 Koreans. Japanese netizens poured criticism on false writings reminiscent of the tragedy of the Great Kanto Earthquake. One netizen said, “It is the worst incitement to discrimination. I can’t forgive it for the shame of the Japanese.” Another netizen said, “This tweet is really bad. With this fake news, I forget that many Koreans were killed by vigilantes (a security group organized by the residents themselves) and government offices “You can’t do it.” Tokyo = correspondent Park Hyung-jun [email protected]