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Hong Kong Protests misinformation and disinformation (fake news): A Thread

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July 11 2019 - An interview with media researcher and educator Masato Kajimoto of The University of Hong Kong poynter.org/ifcn/2019/misi…

October 23 2019 - As Hong Kong government and police officials continue to mislead the public, protesters respond asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Cove…

October 31 2019 - YouTube has become a tool in spreading of misinformation by recommending a conspiracy theory driven by Chinese state propaganda and making it go viral

qz.com/1734111/did-yo…

November 4 2019 - Journalists stage a silent protest against Hong Kong Police with signs that read: “Investigate police brutality, stop police’s lies”

coconuts.co/hongkong/news/…

November 6 2019 - Hong Kong's last British governor Chris Patten rejects allegations of the CIA and UK government's interference in the Hong Kong protests, a conspiracy theory being circulated by Chinese state outlets

abc.net.au/news/2019-11-0…

2019 August 13 - Hong Kong police caught by reporters for planting evidence against protesters and infiltrating the rallies to make surprise arrests.

channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/hong…

October 11 2019 - Police target journalists with arbitrary restrictions and savage attacks as protests wear on

theatlantic.com/international/…

November 7 2019 - Journalism graduates held a slogan reading "We are not afraid of their guns, but they are afraid of our cameras" as they wore high visibility press vests, referring to the upramp in police brutality targeting journalists

hongkongfp.com/2019/11/07/hea…

July 10 2019 - The dominant Hong Kong television broadcaster TVB accused of pro-Beijing coverage

straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia…

July 2 2019 - Chinese state media manufacture strongly-worded editorials condemning protest violence

straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia…

2019 November 1 - Research by the Journalism and Media Studies Center of the Hong Kong University showed that disinformation spread on social media by China framed the Hong Kong protests as a separatist movement

advox.globalvoices.org/2019/11/01/bei…

2019 October 21 - Politico and (Alibaba-owned) South China Morning Post provide the pro-Beijing narrative of assocating terrorism with the Hong Kong protests

https://twitter.com/wilsonleungws/status/1186380523964260352

2019 September 12 - China's Outsourcing of Its Propaganda War Against the Hong Kong Protests

ozy.com/fast-forward/c…

2019 July 14 - Hong Kong protestors rally against TVB for deliberately marginalizing the movement

nytimes.com/2019/07/14/wor…

2019 September 21 - RTHK video on "The Pulse" regarding how fake news has impacted the protests and discussion

2019 August 8 - Protesters mock police for setting fire to newspaper with laser pointer after arrest of student leader for possesion of "offensive weapons"

theguardian.com/world/2019/aug…

2019 September 16 - Student who was carrying a mooncake cutting butter knife in celebration of the traditional festival arrested by police for the possession of a weapon

nytimes.com/2019/09/16/wor…

2019 October 18 - Chinese state media promotion of Caucasian-looking conspiracy theoriest as an American "documentarian, independent investigative journalist, and diehard researcher" backfires with YouTube ban of user's account

shanghaiist.com/2019/10/18/peo…

2019 August 12 - Police pretending to be protesters accused of planting evidence, stirring anger

vice.com/en_us/article/…

2019 October 28 - Examples of misinformation in both sides of the Hong Kong protests

ejinsight.com/20191028-guard…

2019 August 19 - Beijing Responds to Hong Kong Protests by Pushing Propaganda

theguardian.com/world/2019/aug…

August 20 2019 - Twitter and Facebook ban accounts believed to be tied to Chinese state actors spreading misinformation

npr.org/2019/08/20/752…

2019 October 17 - Worldwide Censorship Steering Clear of Hurting the Feelings of the People of China, Banning Support for the Hong Kong Protests