"Let's go in! Let's break it down!" The riot was broadcast live... "The thorough investigation."

[Anchor]
It has been confirmed that some YouTubers are encouraging violent behavior by President Yoon's support groups, including the recent "Western District Court Riots."

Police are speeding up their investigation into them amid criticism that they use crowd psychology for their own profits.

Reporter Chung Hyun-woo's report.

[Reporter]
During the Western District Court riots, a YouTuber encouraged people to break into the court and break down all kinds of objects, calling them a "democratization movement" and a "revolution."

[YouTuber: It's a 1.19 revolution, it's a 1.19 revolution. Get out of here, take over! [Occupy!]

He does not hesitate to incite violent acts such as breaking down a vehicle in the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit.

[YouTuber: Let's make fun of it! xx Let's make fun of it! Punk the wheels!]
Encourage participation in undeclared rallies in real time,

[YouTuber: We're broadcasting where it's real-time, so you can watch mine and come back. There is a walking march to the Constitutional Court.

They break into the Seoul Detention Center and raise their voices, saying, "Let's bring out President Yoon Suk Yeol."

[Jeon Kwang-hoon: Since the right of people to resist has just begun, the president of Yoon Suk Yeol may be brought out of the detention center.]

The more you ignite crowd psychology like this, the greater the individual YouTuber's profit.

This is because you can get more chat sponsorship, so-called 'SuperChat'.

In fact, in December last year, when the emergency martial law began, the average revenue of six of the top seven conservative YouTube channels increased 2.1 times from the previous month.

The conservative channel, which has the largest number of subscribers, also more than doubled to 120 million won.

The police, who arrested three YouTubers in connection with the Western District Court incident, plan to analyze the screen at the time to thoroughly identify those who encouraged them to participate in the riot.

I'm Jeong Hyeonwoo from YTN.

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