Twitter, Facebook accuse China of using fake accounts to undermine Hong Kong protests

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Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc said on Monday they had dismantled a state-backed i...

) said on Monday they had dismantled a state-backed information operation originating in mainland China that sought to undermine protests in Hong Kong.

Facebook said it had removed accounts and pages from a small network after a tip from Twitter. It said that its investigation found links to individuals associated with the Chinese government. The Hong Kong protests, which have presented one of the biggest challenges for Chinese President Xi Jinping since he came to power in 2012, began in June as opposition to a now-suspended bill that would allow suspects to be extradited to mainland China for trial in Communist Party-controlled courts. They have since swelled into wider calls for democracy.

 

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eculliford TV 警惕来自于害怕

eculliford TV My facebook account which was set up two years ago was suspended last night for no reason. I’m a Chinese lawyer who has no state background. I am not the member of any party. This time I learned the definition of double standards.

eculliford TV This is the so-called Hong Kong protesters. What is the difference between them and the terrorists in the Middle East?

eculliford TV ridiculous

eculliford TV double standard

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eculliford TV Double standard.

eculliford TV 路透社也是给法国民众洗脑的傻逼媒体

Jason_Fishbein eculliford TV Actual Photo of Facebook/Twitter spokesperson reporting the 'dismantlement':

Jason_Fishbein eculliford TV I have some questions: 1. Was this the only Campaign? 2. Are there others originating from other locations? 3. How did they discover it?

eculliford TV Countless mainlanders are saying they would stop trusting western media anymore. It's full of pro HK protesters info. To some point, Chinese netizens can't bear this level of fake news anymore. They organized themselves to expose the ugly side of HK protests. They got banned.

eculliford TV This is your freedom of speech.Hmm. How interesting.

eculliford TV China brags people can't get thru its Great Firewall to the internet. So whose FB accounts are these, if not the state propoganda ministry itself?

eculliford TV The essence of a company is to make a profit, and so is a social company. Whoever pays for advertising is fine, isn't it? Don't think unilaterally!

eculliford TV That's not a state-backed campaign. It's a movement to show the truth to the world, which is never needed to be organized by the state! Hm. How interesting… Is this your so-called freedom? Shame on you, Coward!

eculliford TV This is your freedom.👏👏👏👏👏👏

eculliford TV 这就是西方世界所谓的言论自由?没有任何证据?一切沦为政治工具而打压传播事实?

eculliford TV Twitter、Facebook:Shut up, We're talking about freedom of speech.

eculliford TV Double standard, that's pathetic. Now the USA is setting up another wall to protect its so-called ' freedom'. When will the arrogant people realised that there's no absolute freedom and stop interfering other countries.

eculliford TV Ban my account , that’s democracy

eculliford TV I thought there is no censorship in the “democratic” usa. so now, fab and twitter start to act like judges? shame on you all, hypocrites!

eculliford TV That's so called freedom. Double standard.

eculliford TV sad. There is no place for freedom. Now The American people live under the rules of others.

eculliford TV That's so called freedom. Double standard.

eculliford TV Where is freedom of speech?

eculliford TV Congratulations on becoming a tool for feuding violence and chaos in other countries!! You should show the actions of rioters that are causing chaos and not the reactions to restore peace and tranquility from police! 🇨🇳🇭🇰🇨🇳

eculliford TV only rioters have support as always

eculliford TV Meh

eculliford TV Neither Twitter nor FB will look into Hindu fascists running amok on those platforms. If anything they'll suspend users who point out this duplicity or try to raise awareness of India's military occupation of Kashmir. End of day, they are just a cog in the empire's media machine

eculliford TV sure

eculliford TV Twitter and Facebook = anglo-jewish establishment tools 🤮

eculliford TV Please publish the evidence. If there is no evidence, it is a violation of freedom of speech and the democratic rule of law.

eculliford TV How freedom you have

eculliford TV fake news,Political kidnapping!!!shame on Twitter!!!

eculliford TV CCP penatrated the USA in a lot of aspects. CCP is the most dangerous terrorist organization to the world especially to the USA! Agaist CCP, sign in the White House to identifing CCP (Chinese Communist Party) as a terrorist organization.

. poor .realDonaldTrump, he was counting on them to help him win in 2020. Of course, there will be more coming. .FoxNews .foxandfriends MAGA

eculliford TV Chinese govt gave readers alternative news on violence perpetrated by HK rioters to tweets by western media which are skewed towards protesters as being always 'peaceful'

drawandstrike eculliford TV PR campaign & test case for when they dismantle your 1A rights

eculliford TV Now how about going after the Russians?

drawandstrike eculliford TV Does that mean they'll stop taking money for paid ads to promote the same undermining?

drawandstrike eculliford TV Are we supposed to seriously believe they did something to undermine Communist China, their handlers?

eculliford TV How about doing that in the U.S.?

eculliford TV Good. Social media has been a disaster. People are very easy manipulated.

eculliford TV Although Twitter is blocked in China, it does not affect their official media buying ads and fake accounts.

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eculliford TV Oh. They said that, did they? 🤔

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eculliford TV Only a 100,000 more to go

eculliford TV prove it facebook

They have been doing this in Facebook, ig for long time. Now it turns to twitter

Don’t worry,Days ago the China’s authority has been calling fan girls to fix the problem of fake accounts. Their accounts have been active to support idols for years, so the real accounts are waiting for you

Chinese don't have time to do those boring things!

Why is it fake? Because the accounts are new? Chinese seldom use twitter and they are coming out voluntarily to defend their Country this time and you call that state coordinated operation? So hypocritical!

Now you don't say free of speech? Smear on others just because they have different political opinion? What a double standard world! 🤣🤣🤣

Thanks for being there for HK. Maybe the two of you will eventually find the integrity to protect Americans from this same crap.

I think this account is a fake account.

what stands on your opposite side is fake accounts. the west so called freedom speech is 100% bullshit.

Fake

Duh

BS

Sounds like China is borrowing from the far right and their enablers......facebook and twitter. Who KNEW?

oh, so just like the fake accounts from gop and Russia. what's new?

hidetomitanaka 中国共産党は香港デモ潰しに躍起になっている。表立って世界を敵に回せない制約の中で手段を選ばない。それだけ必死なのだ。

How about those fake accounts created by pro-HK bots?

'We are talking about freedom of speech, so you should SHUT UP'. How ironic.

They let them keep up their american interference accounts, that only defends division! So why is Hong Kong propaganda so bad?

ViRiYaBOT the question is; are you going to continue with Beijing's rhetoric without fact checks?

Also Russia government uses the same 'fake accounts' to support matteosalvinimi in Italy. Twitter

How about Youtube, Reddit and all the medias ?

The two legged beasts rioting on the streets undermine themselves.

Accounts cannot be fake. They either exist or not.

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