Green Dam Youth Escort – Internet Censorship in the People’s Republic of China
Chapters: Internet Censorship in the People’s Republic of China, Green Dam Youth Escort (绿坝·花季护航), Blocking of Wikipedia by the People’s Republic of China, List of Websites Blocked in the People’s Republic of China, Golden Shield Project, War of Internet Addiction, List of Words Censored by Search Engines in the People’s Republic of China, History of Internet Censorship in the People’s Republic of China, Very Erotic Very Violent, 50 Cent Party, List of Internet Phenomena in the People’s Republic of China, Big Mama, Elgoog. Excerpt: 50 Cent Party (Chinese : ; pinyin : W máo D ng), also called 50 Cent Army , refers to paid astroturfing internet commentators working for the People’s Republic of China , whose role is posting comments favorable towards the government policies to skew the public opinion on various Internet message boards. They are named after the 50 Chinese cents, or 5 mao, they are paid per such post, other names are red vests , red vanguard and the Five Mao Party . Conservative estimates put the strength of the 50 Cents Army at tens of thousands while other estimates put their numbers as high as 280,000 300,000. Their activities were described by Chinese President Hu Jintao as “a new pattern of public-opinion guidance”. They operate primarily in Chinese, but English language posts appear as well. Their effect is most felt at the domestic Chinese-language websites, bulletin board systems , and chatrooms . Their role is to steer the discussion away from anti-party articulations, politically sensitive or “unacceptable” content and advance the party line of the Communist Party of China . It has been argued that it is not so much censorship but a public relations tactic. According to the Indian Daily News and Analysis , “to this day, anyone who posts a blatantly propagandist pro-Communist …
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