The truth about the "sad concert" that swept social media and sparked anger in Saudi Arabia
The crisis took place against the backdrop of a concert by the Korean band Stray Kids.
The Saudi Entertainment Authority warned of a "large-scale, deliberate campaign of distortion", which spread over the past hours and topped social media platforms, where the hashtag "Girls of the Concert is in danger" was issued, accompanied by waves of anger and accusations of "systematic harassment" of Saudi girls, which reached an extreme for kidnapping.
Despite the lack of any proof of the authenticity of the incident, and the security authorities’ assertion of the incorrectness of what is being circulated, the rumor and its social repercussions have not stopped so far.
And the talk here is about girls being subjected to “systematic harassment” that reached the point of kidnapping in a concert by one of the famous Korean bands, during the Riyadh Art Season, which necessitated the postponement of the concert.
Official sources warned the Post: There are external parties that spread rumors of harassment that did not happen, and there is no evidence for that. The purpose of these rumors is to achieve greater goals than they are promoting.
A number of those spreading these rumors were monitored on social media with the aim of compromising and questioning the state's security force and its devices
The communication platforms did not stop publishing many pictures and videos that were described as fabricated and incorrect, the promoters of which claimed that they harassed the girls who went to watch the “Stry Kids” concert during the activities of the Riyadh season.
Hundreds of Twitter users expressed their dissatisfaction with what happened, and launched the hashtag #arrest_consort_harassers.
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