{"id":2937,"date":"2021-03-10T22:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T22:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=2937"},"modified":"2021-03-10T22:00:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T22:00:17","slug":"fake-traffic-app-developer-sentenced-to-five-years-in-prison-fined-us15000-yuan-amid-chinas-crackdown-on-inflated-social-media-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=2937","title":{"rendered":"Fake traffic app developer sentenced to five years in prison, fined US$15,000 yuan amid China\u2019s crackdown on inflated social media engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostA Chinese app developer was sentenced to five years in prison and given a 100,000-yuan (US$15,345) fine for managing an app that inflated the online popularity of some high-profile pop idols, the latest move in China to crack down on fake internet traffic.Cai Kunmiao, 26, was convicted of providing programs that intrude upon computer information systems, according to a court document released last week, detailing a ruling from the People\u2019s\u00a0Court\u00a0of Fengtai District in\u00a0Beijing on December 31\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/policy\/article\/3124834\/fake-traffic-app-developer-sentenced-five-years-prison-fined-us15000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostA Chinese app developer was sentenced to five years in prison and given a 100,000-yuan (US$15,345) fine for managing an app that inflated the online popularity&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}