Misinformation Surrounding Tokyo Olympics Goes Viral on Chinese Social Media Amid Rise of “Attention Economy”

Aug 13, 2021

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*In recent years, the Chinese Internet has seen an alarming surge in fake news spurred by bloggers’ freewheeling competition for eyeballs. (Source: Ben Stansall/AFP)*

With the Olympic flame slowly flickering out and the phrase “arigato” displayed on the LED screens in the Japan National Stadium on Sunday night, the curtain formally descended on one of his…

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