50 Cent Party - Could Online Commenters Also Be Convicts?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party

So called 'fifty-centers' — the army of online commenters paid by the Chinese government to push its views online — is no secret. However, now it's suggested that "Prisoners can earn sentence reductions for producing set numbers of pro-government comments.". Be quite interesting to know how common is the practice of using prisoners in this way really is.

http://www.techinasia.com/chinas-50-cent-party-prochina-online-commenters-convicts/