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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 Nov 2019

      Hong Kong protests are in their fifth month despite an escalating crackdown. How? One surprising answer: the fate of China's Uyghurs. Many talked to me about it. They watched and learned. They've decided that they "may as well go down fighting." My latest. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/11/escalating-violence-hong-kong-protests/601804/ …pic.twitter.com/nNKgQGhfnx

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 Nov 2019

      By the way, Xinjiang also shows up in posters around Hong Kong. (I took this picture at Southorn Playground.)pic.twitter.com/Y2Zzs2szia

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Nov 2019

      Also there were attempts at Uyghur solidarity rallies in Hong Kong, as well as banners in other events. See poster below. Next to it is a banner raised on November 2nd. (Police ban everything but people march anyway).pic.twitter.com/s8dTX4J8eo

      3:29 AM - 13 Nov 2019
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      • Lyraaa😷 anatasia🎐 HoSaiLei🃏 a / hker 🇭🇰 Peaceful LARINA😷😷😷 GOP delenda est Jenelle D'Alessandro Meghana مہگھنا मेघना ਮੇਘਨਾ :-) kayip_cocuk
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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Nov 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Mary Hui

          As I write in the piece upthread, when I started interviewing Hong Kong protesters in summer, I was told by others that it will calm when schools open. Nope. Now they’re closing schools early. What happens when people in power believe their own propaganda.https://twitter.com/maryhui/status/1194565420881047552 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Mary HuiVerified account @maryhui
          According to CUHK's website, the semester was scheduled to end on Nov. 30 http://www.res.cuhk.edu.hk/en-gb/term-dates-in-next-academic-year … https://twitter.com/XinqiSu/status/1194564956588396544 …
          2 replies 45 retweets 156 likes
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Nov 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted jkhy

          The sentiment here...https://twitter.com/jkhy16435548/status/1194570532508725254 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          jkhy @jkhy16435548
          Replying to @zeynep
          True. We’d rather die on our feet than to live on our knees. It’s not only a statement on the wall, students at Chinese University showed us they mean it! And many hong kongers are with them! May the world please #StandWithHongKong and fight w/ us! #HongKong #Tiananmen2019 pic.twitter.com/LwdzlVMqik
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Nov 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪

          Seems that the government of Hong Kong thinks escalating the crackdown is the way to go. What a profound misreading of the protests. The only kind of crackdown that will work will be the kind of crackdown that makes Hong Kong not at all Hong Kong anymore.https://twitter.com/xinqisu/status/1194655128936013824 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 @XinqiSu
          @appledaily_hk reports per source(s) that suggestions of escalating force, imposing district-based curfews and cancelling district council election on 11.24 were discussed at the meeting. 【抗暴之戰】林鄭夜會問責官員 傳討論宵禁及取消區選 https://s.nextmedia.com/realtime/a.php?i=20191113&s=6996647&a=60264044 …
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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Nov 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          I've come across this—Hong Kong protesters, medics etc. carrying wills on them. The government is apparently thinking of escalating the crackdown. If people are at the "wearing a shroud to the protest" stage, the crackdown would mean something unthinkable. https://twitter.com/hkwuliff/status/1194525119462297600 …

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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Nov 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted woppa  🎗 😷

          So this man is likely a white-collar employee at a big financial institution or corporation in Hong Kong (judging from the location). The police do all this in full view of people recording. It’s like designed to keep people from all walks of life united.https://twitter.com/woppa1woppa/status/1194757744508588032 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

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          woppa  🎗 😷 @Woppa1Woppa
          Central. Last night a citizen was getting off work near The Landmark and got pepper sprayed. When he used English to explain his office was 500m away, #HKPolice got extremely agitated. Here's what happened https://www.facebook.com/officialchapmanto/videos/694923634332753/ … #StandWithHongKong #HongKongProtests pic.twitter.com/aHXsjQguh4
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        7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Nov 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted tricialing

          So @niubi (and others) argue that the “enemy of the people” language from Hong Kong government signals plan to let chaos engulf the city—with blame falling on protesters. That might be their plan but it’s not gonna work if police teargas cars before 9 AM.https://twitter.com/tricialing/status/1194787634767265792 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          tricialing @tricialing
          0854 poly U pic.twitter.com/t7N3wbhEOD
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        8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Nov 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Joanne Wong

          Yesterday, white collar workers in Hong Kong’s upscale financial district were breaking up bricks and joining human chains to pass them up to form barricades. They’re out today, too. HK government will have to either crackdown down maximally or back down.https://twitter.com/joceanw/status/1194860050277269505 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          0:09
          Joanne WongVerified account @JOceanW
          The impact of the #CUHK siege has had on public anger. “Support Chinese University, never give up!” they chanted as office workers take part in a fourth consecutive lunchtime protest in #Central. #hongkongprotests #HK pic.twitter.com/KMwQ8rtXmM
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        9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 14 Nov 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

          Hong Kong students had planned another rally in solidarity with Uyghurs and Tibetans this Friday, but it can’t happen given the embattled state of many universities.https://twitter.com/hongkongfp/status/1195016343793258496 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Hong Kong Free Press HKFPVerified account @hkfp
          The planned rally in support of Uyghurs and Tibetans on Friday - organised by university student leaders - has been cancelled. Campuses have come under virtual siege over the past week as students blocked nearby roads and police repeatedly tried to force entry. #HongKong
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        10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Nov 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Suzanne Sataline

          More escalation in Hong Kong. Hundreds of students are trapped in PolyU. Police said live bullets may be used and students can only leave to arrest and "riot" charges—ten years in jail. Graffiti inside PolyU: "China will harvest your home like Xinjiang."https://twitter.com/ssataline/status/1196371526414585856 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Suzanne Sataline @ssataline
          #PolyU pic.twitter.com/wcbbzkkkCO
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        11. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 Nov 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Megha Rajagopalan

          Hikvision, a Chinese company that’s the worlds largest producer of surveillance cameras, was until recently marketing “artificial intelligence cameras” that they claimed could identity Uyghurs—the persecuted minority in Xinjiang. Website scrubbed after reporter asked about it.https://twitter.com/meghara/status/1194055033756602369 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Megha RajagopalanVerified account @meghara
          Hikvision marketed a camera that claims to automatically identify "racial attributes" — like Uighurs vs Han Chinese — then deleted the online product description after @CharlesRollet1 asked about it. Doesn't get more plain than this. https://ipvm.com/reports/hikvision-uyghur …
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        12. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Dec 2019

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

          There’s going to be a rally in Hong Kong this Sunday solidarity with the Uyghurs in China. These protest have now entered their seventh month.https://twitter.com/hongkongfp/status/1208320833455710213 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Hong Kong Free Press HKFPVerified account @hkfp
          Sunday’s Edinburgh Place rally at 3:30pm supporting the Uyghurs has received a letter of no objection from the police. #hongkong #hongkongprotests #antiELAB #china pic.twitter.com/XQj6s87tWZ
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