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In China's Sichuan, Influencers Jailed for Exploiting Rural Hardship (www.sixthtone.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago

But but officer they were just innocent influencers committing the noble act of lying for views!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It's reassuring to see that even in China "influencers" are scumbags taking advantage of the less fortunate.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

But they are doing something about it it seems 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

Lying for sales. Which we normally would just call fraud. Worse yet, they were misrepresenting themselves as people who were genuinely needy and cashing in on that. Wish we'd see more of this kind of sentencing in the USA.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

So what are known in the west as “marketing”?