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Sep 26, 2019 • 12 tweets • 8 min read
We need to chart a path through inter-imperialist disinformation war over Twitter. The battle for #HongKong provides some powerful examples of what we're up against. It's not only China or Russia who are engaging in it. This article tells the story. 1/ medium.com/@disinforesear…
Many social media platforms removed Chinese state sponsored accounts for engaging in disinformation around Hong Kong. Many of these were low-level amplification bots tweeting things like 𝙃𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙆𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 or spamming the CN flag. 2/