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Jack Posobiec@JackPosobiecTo understand why the lockdowns became so severe in China in the last few weeks, you have to know the context. Xi made lockdowns a show of support for himself as undisputed leader before the October CCP congressLocal cadres outdid one another to crackdown in displays of fealty12:51 PM · Nov 27, 2022 ·Twitter for iPhone
Joni Job@jj_talkingI wonder when President Biden is going to make a statement in support of freedom and Democracy in China4:52 PM · Nov 27, 2022Anti-riot vehicles spotted in Shanghai. The crackdown is coming.https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1596983490054328321
Chinese bots are swamping Twitter with sexually explicit posts about porn and escorts in an apparent bid to stop the spread of news about the massive protests against lockdowns and President Xi Jinping.Searches for major Chinese cities that have seen mass protests will “mostly see ads for escorts/porn/gambling, drowning out legitimate search results,” said Air-Moving Device, sharing a series of charts.“Data analysis in this thread suggests that there has been a significant uptick in these spam tweets,” the outlet said, sharing data retweeted by Stanford Internet Observatory Director Alex Stamos.The “vast majority” — more than 95% — appear to be spam accounts that “tweet at a high, steady rate throughout the day, suggesting automation,” the analysis said. ...
Apple hobbled a crucial tool of dissent in China weeks before widespread protests broke outZachary M. SewardSun, November 27, 2022 at 1:51 PMAnti-government protests flared in several Chinese cities and on college campuses over the weekend. But the country’s most widespread show of public dissent in decades will have to manage without a crucial communication tool, because Apple restricted its use in China earlier this month.AirDrop, the file-sharing feature on iPhones and other Apple devices, has helped protestors in many authoritarian countries evade censorship. That’s because AirDrop relies on direct connections between phones, forming a local network of devices that don’t need the internet to communicate. People can opt into receiving AirDrops from anyone else with an iPhone nearby.That changed on Nov. 9, when Apple released a new version of its mobile operating system, iOS 16.1.1, to customers worldwide. Rather than listing new features, as it often does, the company simply said, “This update includes bug fixes and security updates and is recommended for all users.”Hidden in the update was a change that only applies to iPhones sold in mainland China: AirDrop can only be set to receive messages from everyone for 10 minutes, before switching off. There’s no longer a way to keep the “everyone” setting on permanently on Chinese iPhones. The change, first noticed by Chinese readers of 9to5Mac, doesn’t apply anywhere else. ...
How fortunate for Xi.More at Yahoo Finance
Those poor people will be slaughtered...
New statement out from the White House as protests break out in China over the governments zero COVID policies
Kristin Brown@kristincbrownNew statement out from the White House as protests break out in China over the governments zero COVID policies8:16 AM · Nov 28, 2022 Twitter for iPhone
No condemnation of China's oppressive actions?
Why would it?
Exactly. Heaven forbid the Biden White House ever say anything negative about their Chinese overlords.
If Chinese government remotely switches your health passport to code yellow, you will become homeless. https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1597238144600244225
That is absolutely insane. And yet, that is what the G20 is contemplating bringing to the Western countries, like the U.S.
Yup. Pretty frighening.