China’s new army of nationalist trolls is an all-volunteer force | Droolin Dog dot Net

The early days of the Chinese national internet strategy were dominated by the 50-Cent Army, so-called because they were reputed to be paid 0.5 RMB for ever patriotic message they posted to social media; but as the volume of quackspeak astroturfing rose, the army’s composition changed to patriotic government employees putting in extra time off the clock to support their country. (more…) Source: https://boingboing.net/2017/12/30/little-pinks.html Tags: *Headlines*, #Headlines, #TheNewz, random, #TopNews, #Trending

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