'I saw a few comments underneath it with the idea to spam the app with something, and since I'm a kpop stan the first thing I thought of was fancams.' -⟭⟬fish ⁷⟬⟭ #BLM Fans also dropped negative reviews for the iWatch Dallas app on Apple's App Store 'Originally I tweeted because I saw a post about how the Dallas PD would probably be using the app to arrest protestors, and I wanted to do something to stop them/slow them down,' who preferred to be referred to by their Twitter handle, said. A tweet later in the thread from reads, 'The only reason to post fancams in 2020 is to protect the identities of BLM protestors.'įrom there, a few quote tweets of original tweet took off, including one since-deleted tweet asking people to 'DOWNLOAD THE APP AND SEND ALL YOUR FANCAMS!!!' and one from calling on people to 'download the app and f-cking FLOOD that sh-t with fancams make it SO HARD for them to find anything besides our faves dancing.' tweet currently has over 40,000 retweets and over 100,000 likes. The effort to spam the iWatch Dallas appears to have started with a tweet from user calling for people to censor protesters' faces, including a screenshot of the Dallas PD's tweet requesting information on illegal protest activity following a mix of peaceful and violent protesting. Over time, the phenomenon spread to other circles on Twitter. K-pop stans are known for dropping them in replies to tweets or in trending hashtags. K-pop stans are known for spamming fancams on Twitterįancams are short videos that typically depict K-pop idols performing, although the term has come to mean short edited videos that aren't necessarily tied to K-pop. They did not provide comment on why the interruption occurred. When asked for comment, the Dallas Police Department confirmed that the app went down, but has been restored.

Around 6:26 CT, the app temporarily went down. Instead, K-pop stans called on each other to spam the app with fancams.

On May 31, as thousands in the US and across the world protested and demanded justice following the death of George Floyd after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes, the Dallas Police Department put out a call on Twitter for people to report 'illegal activity from the protests' via its iWatch Dallas app.

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