Thousands of low-wage workers in “censorship factories” trawl the online world for forbidden content, writes Li Yuan.
Here is the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/business/china-internet-censor.html
Censoring China’s internet, for stability and profit — The New York Times
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