Post by sagobob on Jun 21, 2020 7:03:57 GMT -8
"President Trump’s campaign promised huge crowds at his rally in Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday, but it failed to deliver. Hundreds of teenage TikTok users and K-pop fans say they’re at least partially responsible.
TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music groups claimed to have registered potentially hundreds of thousands of tickets for Mr. Trump’s campaign rally as a prank. After the Trump campaign’s official account @teamtrump posted a tweet asking supporters to register for free tickets using their phones on June 11, K-pop fan accounts began sharing the information with followers, encouraging them to register for the rally — and then not show."
www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/style/tiktok-trump-rally-tulsa.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music groups claimed to have registered potentially hundreds of thousands of tickets for Mr. Trump’s campaign rally as a prank. After the Trump campaign’s official account @teamtrump posted a tweet asking supporters to register for free tickets using their phones on June 11, K-pop fan accounts began sharing the information with followers, encouraging them to register for the rally — and then not show."
www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/style/tiktok-trump-rally-tulsa.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
