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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2019

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ezra Cheung

      Also, flu season. 🙄😷https://twitter.com/ezracheungtoto/status/1180102144382234629 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Ezra CheungVerified account @ezracheungtoto
      Today, the Hong Kong health dept has received a case that is believed to be Ebola (PS: Hong Kong people aren’t allowed to wear a face mask starting tomorrow) #AntiMaskLaw #antiELAB
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2019

      Causeway Bay. Chanting “Hongkongers, rise up.” It’s a new slogan.pic.twitter.com/5zmoMw5DOA

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2019

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪

      Another Hong Kong protester appears to have been shot. 😢 In the Hong Kong island side, it’s only firefighters operating so far, the police have stayed away. (Protesters do start fires but also clear the way for fire engines and applaud them).https://twitter.com/xinqisu/status/1180119820479520769 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 @XinqiSu
      #BREAKING A protester was shot by a live ammunition in left thigh in Yuen Long tonight, Oriental Daily reported per source. 元朗夜後爆亂 消息指警員再射實彈 有示威者中槍 http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20191004/bkn-20191004205413172-1004_00822_001.html … 更多勁爆猛料,請下載《東網》APP: http://bit.ly/2w9ebqD 
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2019

      I spoke too soon! A line with 30 and riot police appeared near wan chai MTR. Literally within 30 seconds the crowd I was with—thousands—disappeared into the side streets. “Be watering”. A young woman came out of a restaurant there and yelled “triads” (gangsters) at them.pic.twitter.com/Faqt3B0xSQ

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2019

      The police above were joined by another 100 riot police and maybe five raptors. But everyone here is long gone. The police are also leaving in the other direction. Hong Kong’s political crisis has been outsourced to the police and it’s not really working.

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2019

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted

      Hong Kong, the city that doesn’t need any step tracking apps. I end up walking 7 to 10 hours some days as transit shuts down routinely now. (August 31 was the turning point for that.) https://twitter.com/lwcalex/status/1180133651691868161 …

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2019

      The attempt to overturn the mask ban in courts has failed. The law goes into effect now: a year in jail for wearing a mask. HK island protests largely dispersed via "be water" but Kowloon still active. (I left as I won't be interviewing under the conditions about to happen).

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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2019

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Charles Mok 莫乃光

      A Hong Kong legislator says as of midnight one country, two systems is over. Seeing a lot of commentary to that effect: "Hong Kong has fallen".https://twitter.com/charlesmok/status/1180151078387503104 …

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      Charles Mok 莫乃光Verified account @charlesmok
      It's midnight in Hong Kong. One Country Two Systems has died. Hong Kong has entered the era of totalitarian dictatorship. 午夜。 一國兩制已死。 香港進入獨裁專權。 pic.twitter.com/HJzQB28W4r
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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2019

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Derek Bruff

      The mask ban has started. However, they don't really use facial recognition software here (though some protesters mention it as a potential future concern). The threat is about old-fashioned recognition (by humans!) and legal and personal consequences.https://twitter.com/derekbruff/status/1180195754591150080 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Derek Bruff @derekbruff
      My crypto course always features current events. Today, one of my students mentioned that Honk Kong officials have banned face masks during protests, presumably to enable facial recognition software. cc @hypervisible https://fortune.com/2019/10/04/hong-kong-protests-mask-ban-surveillance-anonymity-facial-recognition/ …
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    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2019

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted

      This morning in Hong Kong the whole subway line (the city runs on it! Normally, it's amazing) and many malls (Hong Kong's quasi-public spaces) are closed. Virtual lock-down, but many protests are scheduled. I suspect many will walk, as usual. https://twitter.com/pakwayne/status/1180282846470012929 …

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Oct 2019

      Hong protest business hierarchy, not my usual. McDonalds (stays open though tear gas, politely lets everyone take a breather) > 7/11 closing early today for no reason (they were never vandalized as the vandalism is targeted) > Starbucks (long story 😬).pic.twitter.com/46n9AtcSRj

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Oct 2019

          Prince Edward station, Hong Kong. Apparently the 8.31 shrine was destroyed. The protesters have put it back up: ✔️ Protesters (many wearing masks in defiance): ✔️ Blue police flag warning it’s an illegal assembly: ✔️ The snack stand right across that never closes: ✔️pic.twitter.com/ofpFkJbotQ

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Oct 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

          Adding to thread:https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1180447810929344513 …

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          zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
          First day of the mask ban in Hong Kong, and the police are tackling a young couple in the middle of Central. I don’t think the ban is even valid people in groups less than 30. The arbitrariness of implementation ans fear may well be the goal. https://twitter.com/lwcalex/status/1180437985747066880 …
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Oct 2019

          To understand the context: people protesting in Hong Kong risk 10 years in prison if charged with rioting, and a year if just marching with masks—and they can be retroactively charged up to one year later. They’re still here, protesting.

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