Chinese officials 'create 488m bogus social media posts a year'

Harvard researchers say leaked documents show bureaucrats fabricate positive posts to distract from criticism of government
The Chinese government is fabricating almost 490m social media posts a year in order to distract the public from criticising or questioning its rule, according to a study. China’s “Fifty Cent Party” – a legion of freelance online trolls so-named because they are believed to be paid 50 cents a post – has long been blamed for flooding the Chinese