Oh dear
Crikey, if this were to happen here we'd all be jailed for gossiping,
Have you heard Apple might release a retina screen ipad mini.........
The Chinese government’s unprecedented crack down on online rumours is forcing some of those with verified accounts on the country’s hugely popular weibo microblogs to lower their profile by giving up their verified status. The “Big Vs”, as they have become known in the Middle Kingdom, are those high profile Sina Weibo users …
Wasn't too long ago we were equipping gossips with a Scold's Bridle (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29117/29117-h/29117-h.htm#Page_276), perhaps an inventive body will adapt the the concept and start to manufacture some variant of the traditional finger trap (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_finger_trap) :o)
W O W!
The Chinese don't do anything to help themselves do they?
"Beijing has ordered a major clamp down on so-called “online rumours” which could see jail time for those post popular tweets the authorities don’t like."
Really? What Nazis! You must be a cold hearted bast*rd to work for their regime.
You don't get millions of fans without some social media marketing company puffing up your numbers. The same company was involved in paid negative opinion generation, which went beyond business wars into political wars because Xue couldn't help himself. By the way, that social media marketing company is toast but the news is very hidden.