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Justin Bieber self-harm prank causes internet outrage

A joke designed to make Justin Bieber fans cut themselves has received huge criticism online.

Some members of internet community 4chan started a thread to encourage naive Bieber fans to self-harm and upload photos of themselves online in response to his recent alleged marijuana use.

They uploaded photos of people self-harming onto Twitter and the hashtag 'cutforbieber' soon became a trending topic. A message on 4chan said:

"Lets start a cut yourself for bieber campaign. Tweet a bunch of pics of people cutting themselves and claim we did it because bieber was smoking weed."

However, the prank caused a huge outcry online and the page was eventually removed.

Miley Cyrus similarly decried the stunt, retweeting a message that said:

"#cutforbieber? Cutting is NOT something to joke about. There are people who are actually suffering from self-harm, this is so disrespectful."

 


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