How China Uses Twitter And Facebook To Share Disinformation About Hong Kong

The article below is from NPR.  Visit the source for an image related to the article.  Although the article is a month old, I find this article to be important enough to share.

August 20, 2019

EMILY FENG

Earlier this month, Chinese state media launched a domestic blitz depicting the Hong Kong protests as riots funded by the CIA. China-linked social media accounts then flooded Twitter and Facebook with thousands of pro-Beijing posts and targeted advertisements.

Social media companies are now pushing back.

Chapter 2: Overdrive (3/8)

Tuesday (3/8)

Get out of my way.

Stepping out of the complex, they were blasted with a torrent of people armed with cameras, microphones, and loud voices asking personal questions.

Chapter 6: Restart

Chapter 6: Restart (1/2)

Walking several blocks to the subway station, riding the subway, and then walked another few blocks to arrive at the studio was a three-hour long commute each way from home to work in the sweltering heat and high humidity for Elle….

What else you'll find:

Wind

Bend grass

Breath

Bend people

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Chapter 6: Restart (2/2)

Elle returned to Buzzy’s workroom with a red nose and puffy eyes.

“What happened?” Buzzy asked, concerned.

To CeeCee, “I cut the tour short,” she quietly said.

CeeCee translated.

“But you were gone for more than an hour,” he asked, a little frustrated at the absurd answer she gave him.

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Chapter 4: Flash

The next morning, JZ knocked on Elle’s door.  There was no answer.  He knocked again.  There was no answer again.  Worried, he burst in to find her in the stained ruby dress and lying on the floor beside her bed, like she did not have the strength to get herself on top of the bed.  He came closer and saw that she was still pale, and was uncertain if she was still alive….

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Chapter 2: Chase

For the next week, Elle was met with kind persuasion and coercion to call JZ.  The media kept running the story, with the vast majority containing interviews of people who ran into Elle and tried to persuade her.  One grandma said to call him because it was the polite thing to do.  Girls of all ages started out telling her to …

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