Posted on 08/19/2019 6:44:57 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Pinboard and other users have observed Twitter running ads from China's state-backed media outlet Xinhua attacking the Hong Kong protesters opposed to both a (since-suspended) extradition bill and broader dissatisfaction with the government. The ads try to portray the protests as "escalating violence" and calls for "order to be restored." Other ads have highlighted alleged supporters of the Chinese "motherland" and have pointed out Hong Kong's economic troubles from earlier in the year.
The Chinese government has been clamping down on critics who voice dissent on Twitter, even though the service is blocked beyond Hong Kong. The country has been determined to control the political conversation on social networks whether or not most Chinese can see them. In that regard, this is just an extension of its current tactics.
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Treason.
I HATE these ####s.
Just like the Amazon Washington Post printing sympathetic coverage of terrorist and terrorist backers.
Twitter is banned/blocked in China, last time I checked. So who are those ads intended for? Trying to rally the “global community”?
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