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K-Pop’s BTS #StopAsianHate Post Is Most Shared Tweet of the Year
An impassioned plea posted by the supergroup about the rise in hate crimes went viral
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A letter by the K-pop group BTS denouncing anti-Asian discrimination and hate crimes topped Twitter’s list as the most retweeted post on the platform in 2021, the social network announced on Thursday.
In March, the group posted a statement against the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes during the pandemic. It was retweeted more than 1 million times, and liked by more than 2.5 million Twitter users.