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hktruthon GlobalTimes accuses Guardian of manipulating videos of HK violence

It's quite something when what is considered a state backed propaganda outlet can so easily call out the Guardian.

If this is the era of fake news, what comes next?

hktruthon 'We cannot tell the world Hong Kong grooms local terrorists' says gov. source

From article:

> "The administration must guard the dignity of the Hong Kong passport, which now enjoys visa-free status from 167 countries. The number would drop to 20 if we admit to breeding domestic terrorists,” the source continued."

> The sources pointed to Cap. 575 United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance, first enacted in Hong Kong in 2002 in line with a UN resolution after the September 11 terror attacks in the United States, that spells out terrorism related offences.

Yesterday, protestors set a man on fire.

https://twitter.com/DanielDumbrill/status/119376961133169868...

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This video, presumably just before the incident, shows the man chasing after protestors who had been smashing up a train station.

https://twitter.com/AquaLuna_HK/status/1193786585507975169

hktruthon Tim Cook’s Company-Wide Email on Hkmap.live Doesn’t Add Up

On balance, I think Apple did the right thing.

The police in London raided properties and arrested people before the Extinction Rebellion protests had even started.

Removing the app as a precaution in case some crazies out there decide to use it to ambush and murder people seems reasonable given the situation.

For those who want the app, just use the website.

https://hkmap.live/

However, since the data is crowd-sourced, it wouldn't be hard for an attacker to inject bogus data rendering the entire website and app useless.

Which could be extremely dangerous for innocent civilians if people simply make up stuff. Someone could write, "guy in red shirt, blue jeans and white baseball cap having coffee in McDonalds is an undercover officer and beat a protestor last night".

Given the mob justice and violence that we've seen, it might be better that everyone simply ignores the site.

hktruthon Blizzard Employees Staged a Walkout to Protest Banned Pro-Hong Kong Gamer

From news reports, HK was around 27% of China's GDP in 1993 prior to handover back to China in 1997. Today, HK is less than 3% of China's GDP.

hktruthon NBA's China dilemma: $4B at risk as Chinese TV cancels game broadcasts

I think focusing on the NBA and China misses the bigger issue that affects everyone.

What if Daryl Morey had tweeted that he believed marriage was between a man and a woman?

There's no doubt he would have been fired and deplatformed faster than greased lightning...

Social media is making it hard for individuals to keep their personal thoughts separate from their work.

Not sure what the answer is. Everybody chill?

hktruthon Hong Kong Protests: the dark, silent (and hidden) side of Hong Kongers [video]

If YouTube asks "Sign in to confirm your age", here is an embedded version which doesn't require sign in:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Hong_Kong/comments/de4a7s/hong_kong...

Why does YouTube do this? Allow embedded media on Twitter and other websites to play without restriction, but when you try to watch with YouTube, permissions are enforced?

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This past weekend Oct 5th, the entire system shut down for the first time in its history.

"All MTR lines closed as vandals hit stations"

https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1484319-20191004.h...

Latest updates show a highly degraded service at the start of a new working week.

http://www.mtr.com.hk/alert/alert_simpletxt_title.html

> This message issued : 2019-10-07 06:16

> MTR train service is maintained at some of the railway lines. Due to serious vandalism, most of the stations in the network are temporarily closed. Service hour of the entire network will be adjusted and ended at 6 pm to allow more time for repair.

EDIT: Downvoted and flagged immediately because this story goes against the narrative...

hktruthon A brief history of government efforts to stop people from wearing masks

Sounds like you're justifying the mob's response, which is the attempted murder of a police officer.

Nobody knows yet, at least no reports of, why the firearm was discharged. Maybe it was accidental. Maybe it was deliberate. Mob justice is not the answer.

By the way, you link to Hong Kong Free Press - give me a break. I wouldn't call them Fake News but they are very biased.

They are similar to the NY Times who literally are fake news. The NY Times had the audacity to claim an 18 year old who was shot a few days ago was unarmed.

https://twitter.com/maodunzedong/status/1179797585638445057

Well everyone here on HackerNews can use their own eyes and see what the NY Times failed to see. An armed protestor (with the blue board) beating an officer on the ground and getting shot after he struck another officer who had his weapon drawn.

https://twitter.com/qingqingparis/status/1179736413534744576

hktruthon A brief history of government efforts to stop people from wearing masks

Yes, throwaway account for obvious reasons, as others know when they get downvoted for going against the narrative.

hktruthon A brief history of government efforts to stop people from wearing masks

Not true. Just in the past few hours:

Bank set on fire: https://twitter.com/YuxuanMichael/status/1180140543973580800

Train with passengers on board attacked: https://twitter.com/liamstone_19/status/1180188091312558081

Mob beat up one person: https://twitter.com/liamstone_19/status/1180175432236195840

Undercover officer petrol bombed: https://twitter.com/BMMRobertson/status/1180126411169894400

hktruthon A brief history of government efforts to stop people from wearing masks

Social media can be manipulated, but without it, would not see videos like this one:

https://twitter.com/CarlZha/status/1180131706994491392

Showing students in their own lecture halls and classrooms being screamed at and bullied by black clad "protestors" (these days behaving more like cultural revolution Maoists).

hktruthon A brief history of government efforts to stop people from wearing masks

Also if you understand Cantonese, in many videos, you can see and hear the protestors shout "stop filming" and "open umbrellas" to shield criminal acts from being filmed.

hktruthon How China Unleashed Twitter Trolls to Discredit Hong Kong’s Protesters

Yes, overseas Chinese communities are divided, as are families too.

What's happening now is that a Chinese person who doesn't support the protestors is labelled as being pro-China, which is ludicrous.

Protestors have been described as "Little Black Guards", a reference to the Cultural Revolution and the student led Red Guards.

Why? Because it's dangerous to voice an opinion or argue with protestors. There have been numerous assaults. The protestors even beat up a man and tied him up in the middle of Hong Kong international airport!

Now, there are daily fist fights between different factions, between police, radical protestors and pro-government supporters. Excessive force and violence has been committed by all sides.

It's a real mess.

hktruthon How China Unleashed Twitter Trolls to Discredit Hong Kong’s Protesters

Turing test in 3..2..

hktruthon How China Unleashed Twitter Trolls to Discredit Hong Kong’s Protesters

Throwaway account to talk about Hong Kong.

Look at the downvotes I'm getting.

hktruthon How China Unleashed Twitter Trolls to Discredit Hong Kong’s Protesters

This is the typical Pavlovian response which has infected social media and HN.

If you disagree with the "narrative" you're either a China bot or a Russian troll.

hktruthon China’s assault on Cathay Pacific

You fail to address my points. It is you who are baiting.

hktruthon China’s assault on Cathay Pacific