Police vans have arrived at the airport—saw them right now. Still shocked that, as far as I can tell, not a single legislator or civil society leader showed up to defuse this crisis. The medics have been unable to break out of maybe a hundred people surrounding them.
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The man finally appears to have been led away in a stretcher to an ambulance. (Saw from a distance). In the chaos, the barricade blocking the departure was quickly cleared as well and some travelers rushed in. A different vibe now here for sure.
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Hong Kong airport has broken into intermittent chaos. I’ve moved away (and my role isn’t reporting). I hope everyone is safe tonight. A thank you, also, to many protesters who approached me with concern as chaos broke out. And the medics who worked so hard.
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Just to update everyone I’m safe and away. A court injunction has been issued against airport protesters (so that protest is likely over) but that’s probably going to be the least of what will be on this young movement’s agenda tomorrow.
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One context to Hong Kong is that just the kind of people with experience and moral authority who could participate in the movement and defuse the kind of situation that happened at
#hkairport yesterday... are in jail. And world isn't there for them either.https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/08/13/views-behind-bars-can-hong-kongs-imprisoned-activists-make-voices-heard/ …5 replies 130 retweets 222 likesShow this thread -
The self-reflection and responsibility shown by Hong Kong's generally young protesters is impressive. They've been protesting for 10 weeks, just hoping to keep some basic rights. (Their visual refers to the young medic who lost an eye last week). https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/world/asia/hong-kong-airport-protests.html …pic.twitter.com/gOPDTUiRsC
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Lok.
Mainland crosser are apparently being forced to unlock phones. We
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Mode! It’s ridiculous that the only options are carrying blank phones or carrying all of your history with you at all times. Simple: no history for next x days. No indication.https://twitter.com/sumlokkei/status/1161799411959123968 …zeynep tufekci added,
Lok.Verified account @sumlokkeiBasically - phone inspections at HK-Shenzhen control points are real. People were forced to unlock their phones and questions were asked about photos related to the#antiELAB protests. As told by one of our colleagues and nine other travllers.@XinqiSu https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3022828/chinese-immigration-officials-inspect-hongkongers-phones …11 replies 105 retweets 230 likesShow this thread -
A surge in zero follower/bot-looking accounts responding to my Hong Kong tweets with this kind of muddy-the-water claims. This one is following Taylor Swift, CNN and Huawei.
(There are no accounts of protesters shooting steel balls—let alone to blind one of their own medics!)pic.twitter.com/jAM0BtJ7Kw
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Replying to @zeynep
its so funny bc they almost always follow taylor swift
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Yeah what’s with that? Some mid-level misinformation manager somewhere is into Taylor Swift?
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It's part of the standard set of recommended follows when you sign up. It means the accounts are created by hand and they don't have any particular procedure in place to make the accounts look natural. Amateur hour
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It remindes me of the internt resarch agency hear is one of it's former mebers speaking about her experience.https://www.diis.dk/en/my-life-as-a-troll-lyudmila-savchuk-s-story …
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