Weibo, a Chinese government-controlled social media service, is banning prominent accounts for fans of the South Korean pop group BTS.The Chinese outlet Global Times said Friday that Weibo banned seven BTS accounts and ten pop music fan accounts.
The move comes as the group’s single, Butter, set a record on YouTube with 21 million views in an hour, breaking the site record held by the group’s previous single, Dynamite.
The video, the group’s second English-language effort, now has more than 139 million views.The Chinese government has been waging a campaign for years against K-pop and Chinese imitators of the style, claiming that the image of young men wearing cosmetics and sporting delicate beauty and high fashion threaten the future of
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