Topic: 50 Cent Party (Read 217 times)
Not surprising. Many countries have those. America, uk, russia, israel, etc. And in america even presidential candidates like clinton. But the chinese are still not very good at it. These guys are the pros: https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation
The 50 Cent Party, or 50 Cent Army (Chinese: 五毛党 wǔmáo dǎng), are Internet commentators (Chinese: 网络评论员 wǎngluò pínglùn yuán) hired by the government of the People's Republic of China (both local and central) or the Communist Party to create favorable articles, internet sites, information and post comments on forums, social media networks and all kinds of news, exchange and journals online platforms favorable towards party policies in an attempt to shape and sway public opinion on various Internet message boards.[1][2] The name derives from the allegation that commentators are said to be paid fifty cents of Renminbi for every post that either steers a discussion away from anti-party or sensitive content on websites, bulletin board systems, and chatrooms,[3] or that advances the Communist party line.[4][5] They are also deployed to make disparaging comments, spread falsehoods and misinformation about political opponents, critics of the Chinese communist party regime, and about any targeted national or international topic or entity, such as politicians, countries, organizations, etc.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party
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