DISINFO ALERT: “YouTube allowed Chinese state media to run ads discrediting Hong Kong protesters..Now in messaging war over coronavirus—Chinese state media launched ad offensive..Facebook and YouTube financially benefit from Chinese state media ads.”-#WaPo
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“Allowing state media to take advantage of freedom of expression to push Beijing’s narratives, while not allowing its own citizens to see criticism or counter-narratives, is hypocrisy..social media companies are allowing themselves to be used as a mouthpiece for Beijing.”-#WaPo
“If countries do not want to allow their citizens to engage freely online, they should not get the benefit of using platforms committed to free expression for the distribution of mis- and disinformation.”-@vanessa_molter @noUpside @alexstamos @washingtonpost
