Universal সঙ্গীত Group (UMG) has denied any involvement in a মতামত that became the target of an online prank. A website that asked people where the Canadian singer Justin Bieber should tour পরবর্তি finally received 650,000 ভোট to send him to North Korea. A spokesperson for UMG told BBC News that it was a "hoax" but declined to give any further comment. The মতামত was promoted দ্বারা members of the imageboard website 4chan, urging their users to vote for North Korea.
The joke eventually turned viral, spreading onto ফেসবুক and Twitter, with tens of thousands of people casting their vote on the site. 4chan has a long history of pulling off internet pranks and stunts. In early July, Justin Bieber চলচ্ছবি on YouTube were the target for internet hackers, redirecting users to adult websites অথবা triggering pop-up messages saying that the Canadian singer had died in a car crash. গুগুল temporarily suspended commenting on চলচ্ছবি and issued a statement saying: "We took সত্বর action to fix a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability."
The vulnerability hole was patched a few hours later. Justin Bieber was signed to Island Records, part of the Universal সঙ্গীত Group, after his performances were পোষ্ট হয়েছে on আপনি Tube.