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Researcher: China pays 280K people to boost its Web image

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If you thought corporate 'astroturfing' (fake grassroots activity) was a problem at sites like Yelp and Amazon that feature user reviews of products, imagine how much worse it would be if the U.S. government employed a couple hundred thousand people to 'shape the debate' among online political forums. Crazy, right? What government would ever attempt it? If you guessed China, you're correct - and misleading posts continue.

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Perhaps... by John Sanchez Jr. on Sunday, Mar 28, 2010 at 2:45:53 PM