Baidu says staff deleted posts after taking bribes
Source: Xinhua |
September 4, 2012, Tuesday
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CHINA'S popular search engine, Baidu, has come under fire after a letter revealing that the company's employees were being paid to delete Internet posts was published online recently.
The news, which revealed that a number of the employees had been arrested in connection with the claims, has attracted the attention of netizens across the country.
"Four staff members were accused of involvement in the deletion of posts for money, three of whom were suspected of accepting bribes." Yang Chuntian, director of Baidu's Professional Ethics Construction Department, confirmed the letter revealing how a number of Baidu staff had been detained following suspected deletions for pay.
"One of them was an administrator at Baidu Tieba, which is an online community bound tightly with Baidu Internet search services. This employee had an administrator account. When he took money, he authorized an outsider to delete posts. Numerous posts were deleted," said Yang.
"The employee confessed to accepting 67,400 yuan (US$10,629) in bribes. We know the actual figure involved in the profit chain could be a lot higher, much more than that," Yang said.
The letter circulating on the Internet was penned as a briefing of professional ethics construction issued by the department.
When searching on the Internet, tens of thousands of "public relations" companies claim they can delete online posts, charging between 600 yuan and 5,000 yuan.
The news, which revealed that a number of the employees had been arrested in connection with the claims, has attracted the attention of netizens across the country.
"Four staff members were accused of involvement in the deletion of posts for money, three of whom were suspected of accepting bribes." Yang Chuntian, director of Baidu's Professional Ethics Construction Department, confirmed the letter revealing how a number of Baidu staff had been detained following suspected deletions for pay.
"One of them was an administrator at Baidu Tieba, which is an online community bound tightly with Baidu Internet search services. This employee had an administrator account. When he took money, he authorized an outsider to delete posts. Numerous posts were deleted," said Yang.
"The employee confessed to accepting 67,400 yuan (US$10,629) in bribes. We know the actual figure involved in the profit chain could be a lot higher, much more than that," Yang said.
The letter circulating on the Internet was penned as a briefing of professional ethics construction issued by the department.
When searching on the Internet, tens of thousands of "public relations" companies claim they can delete online posts, charging between 600 yuan and 5,000 yuan.
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