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What China is doing is clear. If these peaceful, extremely self-disciplined protesters who enjoy the clear backing of the overwhelming majority of Hong Kongers can be discredited, it will be easier to crack down. What the fuck Twitter thinks it's doing is less clear.
— Pinboard (@Pinboard) August 17, 2019
This is the most detailed and specific account I’ve seen yet of how Chinese state media are promoting anti-HK protest posts on #Twitter. Twitter should give serious thought to stopping this, even moreso considering the police crackdown on their users in #China earlier this year https://t.co/DQLktNIaXU
— Sarah Cook (@Sarah_G_Cook) August 19, 2019
Twitter is not for normal people it’s a journalist influence platform. https://t.co/mxXxweKicq
— SwiftOnSecurity (@SwiftOnSecurity) August 19, 2019
“The ads try to portray the protests as ‘escalating violence" and calls for "order to be restored.’ Other ads have highlighted alleged supporters of the Chinese "motherland" and hv pointed out #HongKong's economic troubles fr earlier in the yr”https://t.co/Gy3yBV8NNV#AntiELAB
— #AntiELAB Fight for Hong Kong (@Fight4HongKong) August 19, 2019
Thread which points up the dilemma of ad-dependent orgs in a world where authoritarian governments can buy ads too.
— Charles Arthur (@charlesarthur) August 18, 2019
It will sound trite, but imagine 1936-8 with social networks, taking ads from anyone to make unverified propaganda claims. https://t.co/Fdzt69iwYC
This comes after fierce criticism over the weekend that Twitter was facilitating pro-China/anti-protest ads on its platform https://t.co/9XVha8SoEY
— Dave Lee (@DaveLeeBBC) August 19, 2019
Twitter (like Facebook) has long taken Chinese government money in exchange for propaganda as ads, but China’s use of Twitter to pump out anti-Hong Kong protest messages is disturbing
— Jon Russell (@jonrussell) August 19, 2019
Twitter is profiting from, and part of, a global disinformation war https://t.co/LU7Qx6coKt
This kind of behavior isn't shocking.
— The Grey Man (@IntelOperator) August 19, 2019
The Chinese government has been clamping down on critics who voice dissent on Twitter, even though the service is blocked beyond Hong Kong. https://t.co/v2FavU7wfF
At least the ads Xinhua ran in the last 7 days are public thanks to the ad transparency center: https://t.co/snFthh0waP
— Luca Hammer (@luca) August 18, 2019
Many ads were removed because they violated Twitter Ads policies.
I once again ask Twitter to make targeting and budgets of all ads public. pic.twitter.com/0ocUMGkTaj
What other such tweets are being promoted in people’s timelines? https://t.co/KLO3bHS6VW
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) August 17, 2019
Spent the month of July in Hong Kong.
— TV Grim Reaper (@TVGrimReaper) August 18, 2019
Never felt threatened by the protests even though they were very close.
The junior reaper followed along with one and was treated very well.
There was no "heavy toll on the social order".
Propaganda as a promoted tweet.@jack? https://t.co/t3VYX3TiAx
It's very clear that China is using Western freedom as a tool against Western freedom.
— Tim Culpan (@tculpan) August 19, 2019
But what can free and open democracies do about it?
Should they do anything about it?
What role can or should the companies play?
I don't have answers, but I'd love to hear practical ideas
@ me https://t.co/LKAWu19UVb
If you work at Twitter, I'm asking you on bended knee to make it stop. Don't be complicit in this.
— Pinboard (@Pinboard) August 17, 2019
You're an authoritarian state that bans people from using our product? Sure we'll help you spread your lies against pro-democracy demonstrators! https://t.co/WR7lPZv401 pic.twitter.com/XOUMF06HJs
— Andrew Stroehlein (@astroehlein) August 19, 2019
Have you seen these ads on Facebook and Twitter calling the Hong Kong protests "violent?"
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) August 19, 2019
China sure hopes you havehttps://t.co/SB1PUvgIEb
Once again, @BuzzFeedNews ahead of the pack with this great reporting:
— Samuel Oakford (@samueloakford) August 19, 2019
These Ads Calling Hong Kong Protesters "Violent" Are Coming Straight From China.https://t.co/RlSlQpnVBY
Multiple China-owned state media outlets have been running ads on Facebook and Twitter. The promoted content pushes the view that the protestors are violent and that foreign influence (particularly from the US) is organizing the demonstrations.https://t.co/HNBWJXyGjc
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) August 19, 2019
From earlier reporting by @RMac18 and @RosalindZAdams we know China also ran anti-Hong Kong ads on Facebook ? So now we wait to see whether FB will follow Twitter's lead https://t.co/l1SbUPDTqO
— Jane Lytvynenko ??♀️??♀️??♀️ (@JaneLytv) August 19, 2019
NEW w @rmac18: We wrote about how Chinese state media is buying ads on Facebook and @twitter to promote the idea that HK protesters are violent. Twitter says they’ve removed one ad for violating content policies https://t.co/tpFcWIhsmY
— Rosalind Adams (@RosalindZAdams) August 19, 2019
Original story on FB/Twitter ads — paid for by Chinese state-run media painting Hong Kong protestors as the "public enemy" — here: https://t.co/2tgTk6po8f https://t.co/jwzLRUlBME
— nic nguyen (@itsnicolenguyen) August 19, 2019
These Ads Calling Hong Kong Protesters "Violent" Are Coming Straight From China https://t.co/l1SbUPDTqO
— Jane Lytvynenko ??♀️??♀️??♀️ (@JaneLytv) August 19, 2019
New Twitter announcement comes less than two hours after this story on Chinese state media buying ads on the Hong Kong protests, by @RMac18 + @RosalindZAdamshttps://t.co/FPtcuur6Wzhttps://t.co/XELuFEyhwa
— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) August 19, 2019
Aside from what Twitter describes as a "significant state-backed information operation," Chinese state-run media has been buying ads on Twitter and Facebook painting protesters in Hong Kong as the “public enemy" https://t.co/c5NDArgkZZ
— Andrew Peng (@TheAPJournalist) August 19, 2019
This screencap alone is absolutely damning. Great work by @RMac18 and @RosalindZAdams in publicizing unacceptable use of Twitter ads by CCP to wage information war against Hong Kong protestors. https://t.co/sb3whVIUEQ pic.twitter.com/sUkoETfQ8g
— Emerson T. Brooking (@etbrooking) August 19, 2019
Chinese state-run media has been buying social media ads depicting Hong Kong protesters as violent and corrupted by outsiders, via @RMac18 https://t.co/a5Hy6U3T5Q
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) August 19, 2019
An estimated 1.7 million people –a quarter of the population – defied police to stage a peaceful march in Hong Kong. https://t.co/sXz8rNzKcH
— Praying Medic (@prayingmedic) August 19, 2019
We encourage Venezuela freedom movement but not Hong Kong...why? “1.7m people defy police to march in pouring rain” And where are the Hollywood liberals? @Yearning to be free....” https://t.co/h4S8m1aRp1
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) August 19, 2019
"An estimated 1.7 million people in Hong Kong – a quarter of the population – defied police orders to stage a peaceful march after a rally in a downtown park."https://t.co/t3HLcIWdTx
— Paul Serran (@paul_serran) August 19, 2019
Hong Kong's Tea Party:
— Michael Johns (@michaeljohns) August 18, 2019
1.7 million--a quarter of Hong Kong's total population--flood the city's streets with five demands:https://t.co/PV7uep9o9i#HongKongProtests #HongKong#TeaParty #China
Amazing what these people are doing to maintain their freedom https://t.co/BKlmyyoaPq
— joe rooney (@joerooney1) August 19, 2019
An estimated quarter of Hong Kong's population marched through torrential rain in defiance of a police ban on Sunday: https://t.co/Q396PbL1OO via @guardian.
— PEN America (@PENamerica) August 19, 2019
China is paying Twitter to publish propaganda against Hong Kong protesters https://t.co/qykSP0VSJm
— TNW (@thenextweb) August 19, 2019
China is paying Twitter to publish propaganda against Hong Kong protesters https://t.co/ZIuYfxaGI6
— CindyForTrump (@immigrant_legal) August 19, 2019
중국은 프로파간다 광고를 위해 트위터에 돈을 지불하다https://t.co/4PjBi9aS0G pic.twitter.com/kHdqJd1fNs
— 데드캣 (@deadcatssociety) August 19, 2019
China is paying Twitter to publish propaganda against Hong Kong protesters https://t.co/xLnVLjdfOi @thenextwebさんから
— えるひぇん?️??@民主香港加油?? (@Nefle_SCP) August 19, 2019
China is paying Twitter to publish propaganda against Hong Kong protesters https://t.co/YGyc8yqutr @thenextwebさんから
— quuxs (@quuxs) August 19, 2019
Facebook and Twitter Ads Calling Hong Kong Protesters "Violent" Are Coming Straight From China https://t.co/LfZAuDSAN0 via @RMac18
— Mat Honan (@mat) August 19, 2019
【香港デモ】第22章。中国からのネガテイブキャンペーン
— 林 志行 (@linsbar) August 19, 2019
ツイッターで、このような広告を見たことありますか？
（この記事が元で。いま、ツイッターとFBが、大騒ぎ。）➡︎☝️Have You Seen These Ads About Hong Kong's Protests? China Certainly Hopes You Have. https://t.co/mlq8ARxv6m pic.twitter.com/oidd2Sr7tf
Looks like a Trump rally! I guess Bernie and the Democratic presidential hopefuls would not do well in Hong Kong with their socialist-communist agenda. These people want the freedom only found in America. #MAGA2020 https://t.co/ZZefd0I8XI
— Roberto Alaniz ?? (@robalaniz) August 19, 2019
Hong Kong: 1.7m people defy police to march in pouring rain https://t.co/DknpbTMhfX
— Paul Holdengraber (@holdengraber) August 19, 2019
China is paying Twitter to publish propaganda against Hong Kong protesters https://t.co/u7OcnS53al
— TNW (@thenextweb) August 20, 2019
China is paying Twitter to publish propaganda against Hong Kong protesters https://t.co/cxyiR1AnY2
— TNW (@thenextweb) August 19, 2019
China is paying Twitter to publish #propaganda against Hong Kong protesters https://t.co/GudPENxquS pic.twitter.com/uYPkApBy3p
— TEAM CYMRU (@teamcymru) August 20, 2019