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Information operations directed at Hong Kong

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1116 points whatok | 4 comments | 19 Aug 19 18:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.302s | source
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ryanchankh ◴[19 Aug 19 19:05 UTC] No.20740736[source]▶
HongKonger here. I have some friends in China posting similar anti-protest posts on WeChat social media. It's like the news they read has a completely different story than what it's being told in legitimate new sources. The problem of fake news does become very apparent, and I hope people in China can eventually gain awareness or at least start to question the validity of their news sources.
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kevin_b_er ◴[19 Aug 19 19:42 UTC] No.20741085[source]▶
When the fake news is generated and controlled by a government entity, I think the better term is "propaganda".
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guerrilla ◴[19 Aug 19 19:53 UTC] No.20741196[source]▶
It seems unreasonable to restrict the term propaganda to government since any organization can produce propaganda, i.e. "information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view."
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brightball ◴[19 Aug 19 20:05 UTC] No.20741304[source]▶
If it's not from the government, we call it marketing. :-)
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1. guerrilla ◴[19 Aug 19 20:11 UTC] No.20741357[source]▶
This is incorrect. Marketing is not necessarily used to promote political change. There are plenty of examples of propaganda in for-proft and non-profit (yet non-state) media which is clearly propaganda and not marketing simultaneously.
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2. smt88 ◴[19 Aug 19 20:33 UTC] No.20741530[source]▶
When Trump sells MAGA hats, it is both marketing and a tool for political change.

Musk selling electric cars can also fall under both categories. People with electric cars are more likely to support policies that make it easier to own electric cars and less likely to care about fossil fuels.

3. Jedi72 ◴[19 Aug 19 21:21 UTC] No.20741942[source]▶
Best example of Market-ganda ever, marketers protecting their own. 6 names for the same idea - manipulating others for self-gain.
4. chrischen ◴[20 Aug 19 00:43 UTC] No.20742962[source]▶
Tell that to the political facebook ad companies.