“CEO’s daughter appears in ‘I-Land 2’, 1 vote per day” Internal ‘urgent notice’ controversy
Controversy has arisen over an internal announcement urging employees to vote for the child of a company representative who participated in a girl group audition program
On May 9th, claims emerged on various online communities that an announcement was posted within a company urging employees to vote for a participant in Mnet’s audition program “I-Land 2” to support her debut.
The announcement was issued to all employees, stating, “The child of OOO branch CEO, A, is participating in Mnet’s audition program ‘I-Land 2’. We kindly request employees to participate in the audition voting to support A’s debut. Please participate in one vote per day.” It provided specific details about the voting period, which runs from May 3rd to 12th.
Upon the release of this internal announcement, criticism of “power abuse” arose among netizens. Netizens expressed reactions such as “Isn’t this power abuse?“, “Is it even necessary to issue an urgent notice?” and “I can’t tell if it’s promotion or coercion, but it’s amazing.”
Meanwhile, the production team of “I-Land 2” emphasized the fairness of the voting process. They stated on April 18th through the broadcast that they would ensure that “from the aggregation of votes to the calculation of results, there will be no manipulation by the production team in the voting process, as it will be verified by the external professional organization ‘Samil PwC’” and that they would strive to create a good program.
“I-Land 2” is an Mnet audition program marking the collaboration between CJ ENM and producer Teddy. 24 trainees from the entertainment agency WAKEONE will participate, and through competition, only 12 will be selected to debut.
