China's 50-Cent Party uses Internet for propaganda diffusion
China has deployed a small army of users known as the 50-Cent Party to post pro-government comments on blogs and in chat rooms.
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Technology: Oppressor or liberator? »Technology: Oppressor or liberator?
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Cyber-utopianism »Cyber-utopianism
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China's 50-Cent Party uses Internet for propaganda diffusion
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