During the Spring Festival, Maoyibei, a major internet celebrity with over 20 million followers on the mainland, released a video claiming to have found two elementary school homework books in Paris, sparking a wild online search for the student. Two months later, the police announced that the entire incident was orchestrated by Maoyibei and the MCN company behind her, and classified it as a rumor. Maoyibei faced administrative penalties, and her accounts on various platforms were permanently deleted. Netizens had mixed reactions to this outcome-was the punishment too severe?
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16 апр 2024