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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: 0.551s | source
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alephnan ◴[19 Aug 19 18:53 UTC] No.20740617[source]▶
I immediately thought to lookup Twitter's company about section. Under Values:

> We believe in free expression and think every voice has the power to impact the world.

Edit: I didn’t realize I appeared to be supporting the trolls. No, I meant it’s good to know Twitter would support the Hong Kong protestors.

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djohnston ◴[19 Aug 19 19:02 UTC] No.20740706[source]▶
authentic voice, not paid gov't troll armies.
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magduf ◴[19 Aug 19 21:33 UTC] No.20742017[source]▶
Devil's advocate: what if the "troll army" is actually a whole army of people from that country who are brainwashed to believe the party line? Is that not "authentic" if they really believe it?
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1. djohnston ◴[20 Aug 19 13:11 UTC] No.20746559[source]▶
not if they're being paid to produce the content (wumao pawns are). if they're NOT being paid, i would guess you are right, but frankly we should have disconnected china from the free world a long time ago and only given them logistics software. it's frustrating that they shut the west out but constantly try and infect the west with their backwards ideas