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Chinese use Net to find, vilify people who prompt outrage

Sep 7, 2008
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Chinese use the Internet to find, vilify people who prompt outrage By TIM JOHNSON McClatchy-Tribune VIRTUAL TRACKERS Perhaps the first big Internet manhunt occurred in 2006 when outrage greeted a Web video of a woman in high heels crushing a kitten. Users identified the background as in Heilongjiang province and identified the woman and her employer, leading to her suspension. Among the other big Internet... [read full story]                    

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