Escape From Prison Planet

Conspiracy Boards => China => Topic started by: Dredd on July 16, 2013, 03:05:04 AM

Title: 50 Cent Party - Could Online Commenters Also Be Convicts?
Post by: Dredd on July 16, 2013, 03:05:04 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party (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/ (http://www.techinasia.com/chinas-50-cent-party-prochina-online-commenters-convicts/)