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Re:Hong Kong student leaders and their families face anonymo... by dionian on Friday August 16, 2019 @10:46AM (#20715657)
also why are they using twitter its banned in china for censorship reasons
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Re:Hong Kong student leaders and their families face anonymo... by gruez on Friday August 16, 2019 @10:55AM (#20715750)
Presumably because the CCP cares about its foreign image. Tiananmen Square 2.0 might result in sanctions from other countries, but if they can paint it as "cracking down on troublemakers", they might be able to justify it.
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Re:Hong Kong student leaders and their families face anonymo... by Aeolun on Friday August 16, 2019 @12:11PM (#20716618)
A coordinated bot campaign is a bit hard to miss though. Now they just look pathetic.
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Re:Hong Kong student leaders and their families face anonymo... by craftyguy on Friday August 16, 2019 @04:20PM (#20719321)
It worked for the last US presidential election.
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Re:Hong Kong student leaders and their families face anonymo... by ebog on Friday August 16, 2019 @12:21PM (#20716732)
It works
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