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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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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exactly
but really it could be interesting, some of it is still spot on and some of the last 6 months is fairly unique1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Yes there’s a lot of new twists!
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