China’s Fake-Poor Livestreams Turn Grief Into Cash
BEIJING — China’s internet regulators and police are dismantling a sprawling underground industry of “misery-selling” livestreamers and talent agencies that stage fake poverty, fabricated family crises and bogus charity drives to sell marked-up goods online. Across major short-video platforms including Douyin and Kuaishou, commercial networks known as multi-channel networks (MCNs) have turned…
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