Leaked Emails Show Chinese Regime Employs 500,000 Internet Trolls (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by Theresa , Wednesday, December 17, 2014, 18:33

Leaked emails that expose the workings of the Chinese regime’s secret “Fifty Cent” army of Internet trolls are making the rounds among the Chinese-language press. On the basis of the emails Chinese-language media has estimated that the regime employs at least 500,000 of the Internet trolls.

An unnamed hacker allegedly breached China’s Internet Information Office in Zhanggong District, Ganzhou City, in southeastern China’s Jiangxi Province and posted its emails on the Internet. News of the breach was on most major news outlets in Taiwan on Dec. 8, and most of them cited a report from Radio France International.

China’s Fifty Cent army is a group of Internet commentators who get paid to leave fake comments on news articles and social media. They allegedly get paid 50 cents of yuan for every post.

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