Universal 音乐 Group (UMG) has denied any involvement in a 民意调查 that became the target of an online prank. A website that asked people where the Canadian singer Justin Bieber should tour 下一个 finally received 650,000 得票数 to send him to North Korea. A spokesperson for UMG told BBC News that it was a "hoax" but declined to give any further comment. The 民意调查 was promoted 由 members of the imageboard website 4chan, urging their users to vote for North Korea.
The joke eventually turned viral, spreading onto 脸谱 and Twitter, with tens of thousands of people casting their vote on the site. 4chan has a long history of pulling off internet pranks and stunts. In early July, Justin Bieber 视频 on YouTube were the target for internet hackers, redirecting users to adult websites 或者 triggering pop-up messages saying that the Canadian singer had died in a car crash. 谷歌 temporarily suspended commenting on 视频 and issued a statement saying: "We took 迅速, 斯威夫特 action to fix a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability."
The vulnerability hole was patched a few hours later. Justin Bieber was signed to Island Records, part of the Universal 音乐 Group, after his performances were 发布 on 你 Tube.
The joke eventually turned viral, spreading onto 脸谱 and Twitter, with tens of thousands of people casting their vote on the site. 4chan has a long history of pulling off internet pranks and stunts. In early July, Justin Bieber 视频 on YouTube were the target for internet hackers, redirecting users to adult websites 或者 triggering pop-up messages saying that the Canadian singer had died in a car crash. 谷歌 temporarily suspended commenting on 视频 and issued a statement saying: "We took 迅速, 斯威夫特 action to fix a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability."
The vulnerability hole was patched a few hours later. Justin Bieber was signed to Island Records, part of the Universal 音乐 Group, after his performances were 发布 on 你 Tube.
