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• @luca @luca on x

  At least the ads Xinhua ran in the last 7 days are public thanks to the ad transparency center: https://ads.twitter.com/... 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…

• @swiftonsecurity @swiftonsecurity on x

  Twitter is not for normal people it's a journalist influence platform. https://twitter.com/...

• @sarah_g_cook Sarah Cook on x

  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 h…

• @jonrussell Jon Russell on x

  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 Twitter is profiting from, and part of, a global disinformation war http://atr.asiatechreview.co…

• @tculpan Tim Culpan on x

  It's very clear that China is using Western freedom as a tool against Western freedom. 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…

• @astroehlein Andrew Stroehlein on x

  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://www.engadget.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @fight4hongkong @fight4hongkong on x

  “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://www.engadget.com/... #AntiE…

• @inteloperator @inteloperator on x

  This kind of behavior isn't shocking. The Chinese government has been clamping down on critics who voice dissent on Twitter, even though the service is blocked beyond Hong Kong. https://www.engadget.com/...

• @tvgrimreaper TV Grim Reaper on x

  Spent the month of July in Hong Kong. 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://twitter…

• @charlesarthur Charles Arthur on x

  Thread which points up the dilemma of ad-dependent orgs in a world where authoritarian governments can buy ads too. It will sound trite, but imagine 1936-8 with social networks, taking ads from anyone to make unverified propaganda claims. https://twitter.com/...

• @pinboard @pinboard on x

  If you work at Twitter, I'm asking you on bended knee to make it stop. Don't be complicit in this.

• @zeynep Zeynep Tufekci on x

  What other such tweets are being promoted in people's timelines? https://twitter.com/...

• @pinboard @pinboard on x

  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.