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 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted jkhy
The sentiment here...https://twitter.com/jkhy16435548/status/1194570532508725254 …
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jkhy @jkhy16435548Replying to @zeynepTrue. 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/LwdzlVMqik3 replies 35 retweets 95 likesShow this thread -
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 …
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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 …Show this thread11 replies 49 retweets 102 likesShow this thread -
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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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 …
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2:15woppa 🎗 😷 @Woppa1WoppaCentral. 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/aHXsjQguh43 replies 74 retweets 105 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted tricialing
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@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,
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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 …
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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 …
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFPVerified account @hkfpThe 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.#HongKong2 replies 24 retweets 60 likesShow this thread -
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 …
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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 …
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Megha RajagopalanVerified account @megharaHikvision 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 …Show this thread1 reply 47 retweets 62 likesShow this thread
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 …
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Replying to @zeynep
btw you should write an addendum to twitter and teargas in light of the last 6+ months :)
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