"1.37 million → 50,000": 'The Assassins' movie rating macro suspicions… Naver takes "emergency measures" [Star Issue]

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As the film 'The Assassins' has recently been engulfed in political controversy, Naver directly stated its position regarding abnormal phenomena in movie ratings.

On the 29th, Naver announced through a notice, "We are informing you of the recent phenomenon of duplicate reflection in viewing reviews and the number of empathy/anti-empathy votes, as well as the results of the measures taken. Recently, some viewing reviews were registered multiple times, or there was a phenomenon where the number of empathy/anti-empathy votes was counted duplicately." They added, "As soon as the issue was identified, we proceeded with emergency measures, and have now improved the system to prevent this phenomenon from occurring."

They further stated, "In addition, viewing reviews that were registered multiple times for the films where this phenomenon occurred will be deleted, and the number of empathy/anti-empathy votes is expected to be reflected normally by excluding the duplicately counted figures." They added, "We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to service users. We will pay even more attention to ensure that the same problem does not occur again in the future."

Previously, some rating empathy counts for viewing reviews of the film 'The Assassins' showed abnormal trends, exceeding 1.37 million people. The relevant viewing review is one that claims 'The Assassins' is a historically distorted film.

However, after Naver's measures, the relevant empathy count was revised to approximately 50,000 people, down from 1.37 million by 1.32 million. This means that more than approximately 1.3 million instances were duplicately counted through macros.

Currently, as political controversy surrounding the film 'The Assassins' is intense, the controversy is growing further as it has been revealed that some parties are leaving organized comments and manipulating ratings.

Meanwhile, 'The Assassins' is a work depicting the story of tracking suspicions and masterminds surrounding the First Lady assassination incident that occurred on August 15, 1974. When controversy arose that the film distorts history, the production team stated through an official position, "'The Assassins' is a feature film reconstructed by adding cinematic imagination based on various records, using the historical event that occurred in 1974 as a motif." They added, "It is not a film produced to newly confirm specific historical conclusions or to deny/distort existing facts." Furthermore, they stated, "It is not a film produced with specific political purposes," and requested, "Please view the work solely as a product of creation."

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