Online influencers need to exercise self-control
China DailyChina is exploring the value of data as a factor of production to boost sustainable development. Had a woman surnamed Xu, who has tens of millions of followers on social networking sites, marked a video clip in which she claimed she found a Grade 1 student's winter holiday homework in a restaurant in Paris, as "fictional", the story would have made for a good, even laughable, joke. But instead, she claimed the story was real, even fabricating the student's name, Qin Lang. There were some hiccups when someone cast doubts on Qin's non-existent school, but Xu kept it going as long as she could, claiming later she had found Qin's mother so the matter was closed. Her accounts on various social media platforms have since been blocked, leading to her losing hundreds of millions of yuan going by what she charges for The incident underlines the need to ensure online influencers don't share false information or start rumors to get more likes and publicity.
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