Fake news is spreading on social media that Han Kang will donate all of the Nobel Prize money.
Since the news of the Nobel Prize was announced on the 14th, fake news has been rampant, saying, "Writer Han Kang will donate all of the Nobel Prize money for peace on Dokdo."
If you click on a related link, you will be connected to a site where various fake news are posted. Fake news such as soccer player Hwang Hee-chan getting married or table tennis player Shin Yoo-bin donating all the medals in the Paris Olympics to the South Korean military are posted on the site.
However, fake news continues to spread as social media users click or share 'like' on the page.
Previously, fake news about Roh So-young, director of the Art Center Navi, donating 5 billion won to Ahn Se-young, a gold medalist at the Paris Olympics, was rampant. As rumors spread, Ahn Se-young denied that he had "no contact."
Reporter Lee Yu Na from Digital News Team.
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