{"id":"justin-bieber-to-north-korea","name":"Justin Bieber to North Korea!","summary":"In July 2010, users of 4chan's /b/ board rigged an online fan poll on Justin Bieber's My World Tour website to send the 16-year-old pop star to perform in North Korea. The prank pushed the totalitarian state from 24th place to first with 659,488 votes, drew coverage from BBC, Wired and CBS, and stands as one of the defining 4chan raid stunts of the early 2010s.","tags":["justin bieber north korea","4chan prank","my world tour poll","faxo poll","project north korea is best korea","kim jong il bieber"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":3,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/justin-bieber-to-north-korea/justin-bieber-to-north-korea-north-korea-wins-vote-wall.webp","caption":"The 'Vote Wall Contest' page for Bieber's My World Tour showing North Korea crowned as the winning country after the coordinated 4chan voting campaign.","width":680,"height":462,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/justin-bieber-to-north-korea/justin-bieber-to-north-korea-4chan-b-origin-thread.webp","caption":"The original 4chan /b/ thread from June 29, 2010 where anonymous users rallied behind the plan to 'send Justin Bieber to North Korea' via the tour vote.","width":665,"height":548,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/justin-bieber-to-north-korea/justin-bieber-to-north-korea-best-korea-project-guide.webp","caption":"The 'North Korea is BEST Korea' operations guide circulated on 4chan, detailing the auto-vote macro and strategy used to push North Korea to the top of Bieber's tour poll.","width":500,"height":602,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/justin-bieber-to-north-korea/history.md","related":["hack-127-0-0-1","sam-hyde-is-the-shooter-hoaxes","delete-system32","chris-chan-cwc-christian-weston-chandler","i-want-this-on-a-shirt-bot-bait","rickroll","english-or-spanish","caging","cheese-slap","dumb-starbucks","hollywood-sign-parodies","moo-virus"],"popularityRank":1645,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}