The posts began on Sunday (30), after the Dallas Police Department asked the population to send protest videos through a specific application. The group of fans responded to the request with several fancams, a practice that consists in the dissemination of short videos by K-Pop artists. Shortly thereafter, the department took the application offline.
— Laura Hudson (@laura_hudson) June 3, 2020 This Monday, the Kirkland Police Department in Wasinghton asked followers to use the hashtag #calminkirkland to report protests and riots in the city. However, the department was answered with a flood of fancams. As a result, posts on Twitter are decreasing the visibility of content related to hashtags – which, when searched on the website, show a series of videos and photos from musical groups such as BTS.
