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Information operations directed at Hong Kong

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1116 points whatok | 1 comments | 19 Aug 19 18:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.239s | source
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throwawaysea ◴[19 Aug 19 20:37 UTC] No.20741570[source]▶
What makes coordinated activity from government entities different from brigading performed in coordinated ways by non-government people with political or activist agendas? Isn’t that also manipulation? Or is it that Twitter just has its own political and economic agenda and their TOS/rules/blog posts are self-justification?
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1. jancsika ◴[20 Aug 19 06:09 UTC] No.20744227[source]▶
A government from a wealthy nation can surreptitiously force Twitter off the internet indefinitely by [choose your favorite attack here].

A government from a wealthy nation could also send law enforcement into Twitter HQ at any time and force Twitter to shut down another government's propaganda campaign.

In conclusion, "the ability to start WWIII" is an important, obvious, and relevant capability that "non-government people" do not possess.