“‘China Gate’ comes to mind… It’s serious if foreigners influence public opinion on portal sites until the election.”
Daum (left) and Naver (right) Asian Games soccer quarterfinal cheering pages
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Cha Ji-yeon = On the 2nd, the People Power Party called for an investigation, raising suspicions of manipulation of public opinion over the high rate of support for the Chinese team on the portal site cheering page during the men’s soccer quarterfinal match between Korea and China at the Hangzhou Asian Games. .
The party’s portal task force issued a statement and said, “According to reports, the ‘number of clicks’ supporting China reached 92% of the total,” and added, “This is incomprehensible given the normal public sentiment.”
The TF pointed out, “There is no law that says only Koreans can be found on our country’s portal sites,” but added, “However, if there was a pattern of foreigners influencing public opinion on portal sites, even during elections, the problem would be serious.”
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He went on to say, “This is not the first time suspicions of public opinion intervention by the Chinese and North Korea have arisen,” adding, “Ahead of the 20th general election, there were suspicions of the so-called ‘China Gate’ that the Chinese and their compatriots may have manipulated public opinion.”
The TF emphasized, “We do not intend to conclude that the Chinese intervened in public opinion,” and added, “However, as the seriousness of the problem is enormous, the truth must be revealed about who did it and how, whether it was the Chinese, North Koreans, or Koreans.” did.
He added, “We urge the investigative authorities and the portal to thoroughly investigate and investigate the suspicions, reveal the full story of the incident, and come up with countermeasures as soon as possible.”
Kim Jeong-sik, a youth spokesperson, also argued in a commentary, “The fact that more than half of Korea’s large portal sites cheer for the Chinese team is clearly a tally that is far from common sense.”
Youth Spokesperson Kim said, “We remember an incident just a few years ago when 88 million public opinion votes were manipulated,” and “During the 19th presidential election, programs such as King Crab were used to manipulate search rankings on portals such as Naver and Internet articles to support Moon Jae-in at the time. He said, “It was a ‘druking incident’ that was advantageous to the candidate and the Democratic Party of Korea.”
He also said, “It may be that ‘your heart is surprised when you grow up, or you are surprised just by looking at the lid of a pot,’ but in modern society, Internet public opinion and public sentiment are inseparable.” He added, “The forces that manipulate public opinion with specific intentions and incite the public can shake up the Republic of Korea.” “We can’t leave it alone,” he emphasized.
Rep. Kim Byeong-wook pointed out on Facebook, “Is the portal Daum the Korean branch of Chinese Baidu? Daum has relatively fewer users than Naver, so it is easy to manipulate public opinion, so is it becoming a playground for Chinese users or pro-China Korean users to manipulate public opinion?” did.
Rep. Kim Mi-ae also posted a screenshot of a cheering site on Facebook, where cheers for the Chinese team reached 1.18 million during the first half of the previous day’s soccer game, accounting for 56%, and raised the question, “It’s a Korean portal, so why are there more cheers for China?”
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