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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by partiallypro on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:34PM (#20740417)
Why would it be ok for the Chinese government to influence public opinion on Hong Kong, but Russia can't influence public opinion on presidential elections? Feels like it should be both or none.
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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by kleer001 on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:38PM (#20740452)
There's lots of differences at a high enough resolution of analysis.
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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by tnolet on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:44PM (#20740512)
Both are wrong. I don’t think anyone is arguing anything different.
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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by Y-bar on Monday August 19, 2019 @02:47PM (#20740548)
Neither is ok, but Jack likes the guys who chants “Russia is our friend”:

https://boingboing.net/2018/09/03/twitter-was-going-to-ban-c...

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/10/10/when-white-na...

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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by sverige on Monday August 19, 2019 @03:18PM (#20740878)
Twitter permanently banned Alex Jones a couple of days after the above article was published.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/twitter-permanently-bans-ale...

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Re:Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is... by Y-bar on Monday August 19, 2019 @03:55PM (#20741211)
Spencer (the neo-nazi), not Jones (the conspiracy theorist slash propagandist), is the one who loves Russia and who Jack is friendly with.

Spencer is still active on Twitter where he still posts white supremacy stuff.

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