"Hong Sang-soo's death → Kim Yeon-ah's time limit" Controversy over fake news channels that dealt with false obituaries of famous stars

May 08, 2025

'Hong Sang-soo's death → Kim Yeon-ah's time limit' Controversy over fake news channels that dealt with false obituaries of famous stars



A fake news YouTube channel that spreads false information by making up the rumor of the death of a famous celebrity as true has appeared, shocking.

On the 7th, an online community posted a message criticizing the channel in question, along with an article saying there is a YouTube channel that kills a living person.

The channel, which has 13,500 subscribers, has uploaded false obituary news from famous stars such as actors Lee Soon-jae, Baek Il-seop, Sunwoo Yong-yeo, Lim Hyun-sik, singers Jeon Young-rok, Kim Heung-guk, broadcaster Lee Sang-yong, sports legend Kim Yu-na, and film director Hong Sang-soo.




The Channel Introduction section "illuminates their lives and careers beyond mere news delivery."The phrase " is written, but the actual content is full of fake news that is not true at all.

The author, A, who first accused the channel, said "There is a crazy channel on YouTube""The channel was shared, and the Internet users who saw it went overboard "It looks like an AI-made video, but it's creepy".", "Let's report everything" and so on."






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