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Information operations directed at Hong Kong

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1116 points whatok | 2 comments | 19 Aug 19 18:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.44s | 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. umvi ◴[19 Aug 19 20:13 UTC] No.20741371[source]▶
Unless it's from a media outlet in which case we call it "agenda"
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2. guerrilla ◴[19 Aug 19 20:15 UTC] No.20741387[source]▶
Nah, it's still called propaganda. The agenda is what is promoted, not the product nor technique of the promotion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_through_media