Scary state of the "security advice" sector. This person who gets funding to provide security advice/training to activists has no idea about the *standard* police warning flag in Hong Kong and thinks it's a protester tactic. Such ignorance would be funny if it weren't dangerous. https://twitter.com/roryireland/status/1165270513792557063 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Yudhanjaya Wijeratne 🎭
Yep. I normally try to be extra polite on Twitter, and I've had it with years and years of quietly trying to get the security advice gravy train people/sector to start being accountable. STOP. GIVING. ADVICE. WHEN. YOU. OBVIOUSLY. HAVE. NO. IDEA.https://twitter.com/yudhanjaya/status/1169304790574092289 …
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Yudhanjaya Wijeratne 🎭 @yudhanjayaTHIS. Lots of people, particularly Western journalists and 'security analysts', are building careers for themselves by going no further than reading a few random tweets. (This is also how we have 'Sri Lanka experts' in the Guardian). Talk with people on the ground or GTFO. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1169068359234646016 …1 reply 29 retweets 152 likesShow this thread -
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For example, people who've been at a tear-gassed protest anywhere—especially in Hong Kong: How many of these overly complicated hand signals do you think are in routine use and that they routinely use a signal for"run" which is almost identical to wrench? https://twitter.com/roryireland/status/1157309285988216832 …
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It's a tactic used in other sorts of non protest activist security. Do I think it would become widespread? I doubt it. But it's interesting
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It’s also fake. Stop talking. Sit in the corner. Think about how bad you fucked up.
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If your experience on the ground in Hong Kong says it's true. Then fair. It was widely reported here and elsewhere: "How Hong Kong protesters used hand signals and human chains to storm government – video explainer"https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2019/jul/04/how-hong-kong-protesters-used-hand-signals-and-human-chains-to-storm-government-video-explainer?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard …
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Most reporters have little expertise and don’t accurately convey protests. Something you should know,but apparently don’t. The below picture is what reporters often do and what you’re doing. Look, get into another field. Stick to something you understand. This one is high stakes.pic.twitter.com/Prc0ThnCGZ
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