Straits Times
3 February 2016
SHANGHAI (REUTERS) - A Shanghai court has fined three
local tech firms for helping spread rumours about Yum Brands' KFC fast food
chain that included doctored photos of deformed chickens and allegations that
the birds had six wings and eight legs.
In a statement on its official microblog, the Xuhui
District People's Court said Yingchenanzhi Success and Culture Communication,
Taiyuan Zero Point Technology and Shanxi Weilukuang Technology had
"damaged KFC's reputation" and "caused it economic losses"
by permitting the allegations to be posted on their social messaging accounts.
The companies were ordered to make an official apology
and fined a combined 600,000 yuan (S$130,000), an amount that fell far short of
the 1.5 million yuan Yum had asked each company to pay in damages. […]
