In Sichuan, Influencers Jailed for Exploiting Rural Hardship
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An investigation by local police revealed that the influencers, working with an agency, used fabricated tales of rural China to sell agricultural goods on e-commerce platforms.
  • nekandroOP
    372·
    3 months ago

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

  • Patapon Enjoyer@lemmy.world
    24·
    3 months ago

    It’s reassuring to see that even in China “influencers” are scumbags taking advantage of the less fortunate.

    • novibeEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      But they are doing something about it it seems 🤷‍♂️

  • GnuLinuxDude
    19·
    3 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.

  • abekonge
    9·
    3 months ago

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