How paying for likes is becoming a crime in China - Nikkei Asia
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A Chinese court handed down a five-year prison sentence in February to an intermediary who generated over 2.47 million yuan in fake traffic for Douyin users and merchants. © Reuters
A Chinese court handed down a five-year prison sentence in February to an intermediary who generated over 2.47 million yuan in fake traffic for Douyin users and merchants. © Reuters
China's courts are grappling with how to punish the growing business of artificially inflating views, likes, comments and other engagement to make merchants and products appear more popular than they are.
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