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China 'flooding' social media with fake posts
China is "flooding" social media with comments by paid supporters in a bid to sway public opinion, a report has said. The research by Harvard academics draws on leaked documents to paint a picture of the way China polices social media. The government and its army of helpers write 488 million fake posts a year, the report said. The profusion of comments on social media sits alongside other efforts, to find and delete content deemed too sensitive for Chinese citizens.
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