Agent47 Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 The Article! Prank leaves Justin Bieber facing tour of North Korea By Daniel Emery Technology reporter, BBC News Justin Bieber's Twitter page has become the target of an internet joke. A public vote on the Canadian singer's My World Tour page asked users which country he should tour next, with no restrictions on the nations that could be voted on. This spurred users of imageboard website 4Chan to nominate North Korea, with the vote now turning viral. There are now almost half a million votes to send Bieber to the secretive communist nation. The contest, which ends at 1800 on 7 July, saw North Korea move from 24th to 1st place in less than two days, several thousand votes ahead of Israel. Given the fact that almost all citizens of North Korea are denied internet access and there are restrictive controls over all media, it is unlikely that any of the votes have actually come from within the country. A spokesman for the North Korean Embassy in London told BBC News that any application for 16-year-old Bieber to tour would be dealt with by its mission to the United Nations, although the matter would be referred to Pyongyang. Hate Campaign Justin Bieber has been target of a number of internet pranks in recent weeks. Last month, a post on 4Chan urged users to all search for the term "Justin Bieber Syphilis" pushing it to the top of Google Trend's Hot Searches list. And over the weekend, Justin Bieber videos on YouTube were the target for internet hackers, redirecting users to adult websites or triggering pop-up messages saying that the Canadian singer had died in a car crash. Google temporarily suspended commenting on videos and issued a statement saying: "We took swift action to fix a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability." The vulnerability hole was patched a few hours later. His Last FM page was also hit, with photos of the singer replaced by pornographic images. There have also been false rumours circulating that Bieber had died, that he had joined a cult, and that his mother was offered $50,000 to pose topless in Playboy magazine. "Let's take some time to answer some crazy (rumours)... I'm not dead," Bieber wrote in just one of his Twitter postings. And last week he posted that "My mum is a moral woman... let's just leave that one for what it is... because that rumour just grossed and weirded me out." Click here to send him to the Norks! Link to post Share on other sites
bum_fluff Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 and now this is all over the interenet as well its only going to get worse, GOOD i say Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Is this the guy that doesn't know what Germany is? Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 yup annoying little tit Link to post Share on other sites
Desolation mkII Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 First Bryan Adams and now this. Canada has a lot to answer for. Link to post Share on other sites
Night_raven Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 First Bryan Adams and now this. Canada has a lot to answer for. I think Canada apologised for Bryan Adams numerous times. Link to post Share on other sites
Mat Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 I voted for Israel, first there might be a tour Uzi, second trufax dictate the Israeli army is full of hot girls with guns, that's one concert I'd watch. Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 I think Canada apologised for Bryan Adams numerous times. You can never apologise enough for Bryan Adams!! Link to post Share on other sites
Agent47 Posted July 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 There's also one for the Jonas Brothers to send them to Somalia! Link to post Share on other sites
Seraphim989 Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 and now this is all over the interenet as well its only going to get worse, GOOD i say It doesnt have to be all over the internet, it only has to be in certain parts of the internet. And its already been, resulting in the vote you see before you. Ah, internets Link to post Share on other sites
hunter512 Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Alternatively possibly the dear leader will decide to "kill canada with (nuclear) fire" to ensure that nothing like the spawn of satan that is bieber emerges ever again. Link to post Share on other sites
Desolation mkII Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 We live in hope. Link to post Share on other sites
mattmanic Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Competition's over now, they're both going to North Korea and Somalia respectively Although it won't happen... Link to post Share on other sites
Moriquende Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Well, along as the little *fruitcage* ain't coming to my country I'm happy. Link to post Share on other sites
The End Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Competition's over now, they're both going to North Korea and Somalia respectively Although it won't happen... isn't north korea already in pretty bad shape? why make it worse? haha Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 I think Canada apologised for Bryan Adams numerous times. But those appologies have been cancelled out by giving the world Alanis Morrisette and Nelly Furtado Link to post Share on other sites
spetsnazdave87 Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Nelly Furtado IS an apology for Bryan Adams. Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 untill she opens her mouth Link to post Share on other sites
spetsnazdave87 Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Depends, if she's not singing she might be about to apologize even more Link to post Share on other sites
Skarclaw Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 I admit that I am partial to a bit of nelly furtado Link to post Share on other sites
Desolation mkII Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 I drove around former Jugoslavia with one of my Canadian friends for two weeks. She had one CD and it was Allanis Morriset. I'm totally glad I'm semi deaf. Link to post Share on other sites
Pureownage Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gYqFXo-pUuvHiZgAQWAAynYh60Cw Boooo. Spoilsports Link to post Share on other sites
Seraphim989 Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Its because he hates North Korea. What a jerk. Look what hes doing here. Kids these days Link to post Share on other sites
BrooklynBorn Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Where...do...I...vote...to...send...thislittleprick...to...northkorea Dammit- I just read that link Link to post Share on other sites
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