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Not just censored, apparently framed as terrorists: > The extent and detail of the alleged campaign to make pro-Democracy activists look like criminals is, fra
by boogies 6y ago
Not just censored, apparently framed as terrorists:
> The extent and detail of the alleged campaign to make pro-Democracy activists look like criminals is, frankly, shocking.
> "Jin's co-conspirators created fake email accounts and Company-1 accounts in the names of others, including [People's Republic of China] political dissidents, to fabricate evidence that the hosts of and participants in the meetings to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre were supporting terrorist organizations, inciting violence or distributing child pornography," reads the DOJ press release. "The fabricated evidence falsely asserted that the meetings included discussions of child abuse or exploitation, terrorism, racism or incitements to violence, and sometimes included screenshots of the purported participants' user profiles featuring, for example, a masked person holding a flag resembling that of the Islamic State terrorist group."
> The allegations go beyond simply shutting down some Zoom calls and monitoring others. According to the DOJ, families were targeted by authorities in China as a result of the information Jin provided. Specifically, family members of those who had planned to dial into the call were harassed, and one person was jailed.