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Malaysian Gov't Spends $600,000 On 6 Facebook Pages

Posted by timothy on from the driving-aggregate-demand-one-friend-at-a-time dept.

gizmodolt writes "The entrenched Malaysian governing party, Barisan Nasional, has spent almost $600,000 on six Facebook pages promoting tourism in the country. This has sparked criticism from opposition parties, decrying the 'ridiculous' reasoning behind this waste of taxpayer funds and garnered widespread recrimination from Malaysians around the globe, who have made their sentiments known, quite publicly, on those very same Facebook pages."

2 of 92 comments (clear)

  1. Like me! by sakdoctor · · Score: 1, Funny

    When my government asks me to 'like' it on facebook, then it's time for the revolution.

  2. italia.it by ponchietto · · Score: 3, Funny

    The italian government took 7 years and 55 million euro to create www.italia.it.