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Justin Bieber Going On Tour in North Korea? 4chan Rig Poll

by Amy Judd | July 5, 2010 at 07:39 am

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Justin Bieber is Not Dead, He Does Not Have Syphilis, His Mom is Not Going to Pose For Playboy and He is Most Likely Not Going on a Tour of North Korea Anytime Soon

However, when he asked his fans on his Twitter page what country he should tour next and asked them to vote, 4chan decided to nominate North Korea and now the vote has gone viral.

There are now over half a million votes and the country is in the lead for the young pop star to visit next - there's just one problem, it would be almost impossible to get permission to tour the secretive communist country.

According to the BBC, North Korea, with the help of 4chan, jumped from 24th place to 1st place in two days and there are still a few days left in the contest.

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.

Even this weekend, Internet hackers changed Justin Bieber's videos on YouTube, redirecting the users to adult porn sites and his Last FM page was also targeted, when photos of him were changed to pornographic images. All those have now been fixed.

Justin Bieber has not commented on North Korea being in the top spot, but most people living there are denied Internet access so they probably do not even know who Justin Beiber is.

No word on whether Kim Jong-il is a fan.

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Anon Blue (not verified)

at 07:48 on July 7th, 2010

Hello Amy,4chan did not rig the poll, to send Justin Bieber to North Korea. The creators of the poll, made it so that you can vote every 20 minutes for the country that you wish Bieber to visit. The users of 4chan did exactly that, voting every 20 minutes. They followed the rules put forth, and caused North Korea to make it to first place. This just shows that the users of 4chan are more dedicated to seeing Bieber visit the country of their choice, than his other fans.Thank you,Anonymous