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here's the context: https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/19/twitter-is-blocked-in-china-but-its-state-news-agency-is-buying-promoted-tweets-to-portray-hong-kong-prote
by huac 7y ago
here's the context: https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/19/twitter-is-blocked-in-china-but-its-state-news-agency-is-buying-promoted-tweets-to-portray-hong-kong-protestors-as-violent/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/19/twitter-is-blocked-in-chin... (h/t idlewords)
- commandlinefan 7y agoThat might be the context, but this is very clearly an attempt to prohibit any foreign influence in the upcoming US 2020 presidential election. I'm also not sure I trust Twitter to apply this fairly when the election kicks into high gear next year.
- jonnycomputer 7y agoI don't think this prevents state's from buying ads in their own names.
- floatingatoll 7y agoTheir post about Hong Kong earlier today contradicts a US-centric interpretation of this new policy: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20740179 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20740179 It may end up being relevant to the US elections, but that's unlikely the sole reason.
- floatingatoll 7y agoHN on that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20739907 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20739907