Where 500 Retweets Can Win You 3 Years in Prison
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Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Say you are a Shanghai-basedeconomist and doubt the veracity of China’s latest trade data.You put out a research report to that effect, one that createsbuzz on the Internet and exposes you to something far worse thanmaking a bad call: prison.
Or say you are a photographer in Chongqing and circulateimages of a politician who loves Rolexes. Bloggers begin buzzingabout how a modestly compensated public official could afford astable of $7,000 watches. You, too, may end up in handcuffs.