Three Arrests In China Over Baidu Post-Deleting Services

twoheadedboy writes "Three employees of Baidu, China's most popular search engine, have been arrested under suspicion of taking bribes. It is alleged that the employees accepted money in exchange for removing negative feedback left on Baidu's forum service. The company had already fired four people for misconduct before three of them were arrested. This so-called 'post-deleting' business is believed to be big in China, even though it is illegal."

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[Stargoat]

That's a joke, I say, that's a joke, son. That moderator's about as sharp as a pound of wet liver.

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[Anonymous Coward]

First post from newly registered user. Nope not suspicious at all

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[Anonymous Coward]

Of course not! And certainly not from a username consisting of an 'h' and an arbitrary set of four numbers after it! And ESPECIALLY not when they're talking about things like the real name policy, which have been quite a bit relaxed for months now!

That most obviously doesn't sound like a shill for a company coming in late to the party again!

Job Security

[headhot]

They were immediately hired by the Chinese State internet filtering unit.

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[drinkypoo]

They were immediately hired by the Chinese State internet filtering unit.

"Hired"... nice euphemism

Yelp?

[HaeMaker]

So if Yelp [pixsym.com] were Chinese they'd be arrested?

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[InfiniteZero]

In There is no equivalent to Christianity's "do unto others as you would have them do unto yourself" in China. So, why the hell care what your employer is paying you to do?

Right, the West is so different. That explains our wonderful state of economy.

The word is "empthy", look it up. It's something universal to all humans.

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[InfiniteZero]

"Empathy", that is. Note to self: preview is your friend.

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[RabidReindeer]

In There is no equivalent to Christianity's "do unto others as you would have them do unto yourself" in China. So, why the hell care what your employer is paying you to do?

Right, the West is so different. That explains our wonderful state of economy.

The word is "empthy", look it up. It's something universal to all humans.

Actually, isn't the very definition of psychopath "someone who lacks empathy"?

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[InfiniteZero]

I see your point. It's universal in the sense that two arms and two legs are universal to all humans, amputees and people born with deformity notwithstanding.

Re:Who can blame them?

[Opyros]

You see, when Confucius defined the five major relationships, he forgot to include people you don't know. There is no equivalent to Christianity's "do unto others as you would have them do unto yourself" in China.

What's this, then? [wikipedia.org]

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[Hatta]

Let's see...choice between "keep my word to some fuckwit corporate master" or "buy an apartment and be thought of as a worthy man in the minds of my girlfriend's parents."

Not entirely different from the choices we force Americans to make.

Arrested for Bribery?

[doubleplusungodly]

People in China being arrested for bribery? Sounds like they didn't bribe the police enough.

I guess ...

[DaMattster]

Then it is off to the Labour Camps! In Communist China, guilt is presumed :(

Government vs. the People's Republic of China

[SlashDev]

So the Government can confiscate & delete but not the people, nooooww I get it...

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[thoughtsatthemoment]

It is about bribery. When the government gets bribery, it is called lobbying. But if people bribe each other, they would forget to bribe the government. By the definition of "confiscate ", yes, only the government can do it.

"even though it is illegal"...

[ravenspear]

Except when the government is doing it.

First post.

[formfeed]

..well, a repost of my earlier first post.
Someone took it down.