3 ms·
It doesn't necessarily seem as though the Chinese government is behind this. Look at what actually happened: Somebody called in a bomb threat under her name,
by A_D_E_P_T 4y ago
It doesn't necessarily seem as though the Chinese government is behind this.
Look at what actually happened: Somebody called in a bomb threat under her name, and somebody made some fake reservations under that name at a hotel near the location they were "threatening."
...That's the sort of thing a bored teenager on 4Chan or KiwiFarms would do, without even breaking a sweat. There's nothing in the article to suggest that the Chinese government is behind this; their only action was to report the bomb threat as though it was credible. The threat itself probably came from some terminally-online, but patriotic, expat Chinese ne'er-do-well.
- robocat 4y ago> That's the sort of thing a bored teenager on 4Chan or KiwiFarms would do Are Chinese operators sophisticated enough to encourage people on 4chan/kiwifarms to do the dirty work for them? 4chan is probably an unreliable gun to trigger, but the random effects when triggered could be useful if you want to cause grief to a target.
- A_D_E_P_T 4y agoThey have their own versions. This is old, but illustrates the problem: https://thechinaproject.com/2019/11/01/inside-chinas-recently-shuttered-4chan-like-doxing-sites/ https://thechinaproject.com/2019/11/01/inside-chinas-recentl... Needless to say, that type of online community is virtually impossible to shut down. Shutter one site, and another will pop up. China is not at all unique in that regard: Even though it was hit with unusual and really quite severe measures in an effort to take it offline, The Daily Stormer is still going strong. Any bored teenager with a text-to-speech app and a stolen or prepaid credit card could have pulled off the stunt mentioned in OP.
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- throwaway290 4y agoActually you may be right. There are many instances, like SerpentZA's parents being harassed in their home country (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-i-hung-up-on-warre https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-i-hung-up-on-warre...) or student from Hong Kong being doxxed and harassed in US (https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/05/28/frances-hu https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/05/28/frances-hu...) that are obviously done by people sympathizing with CCP but without an obvious direct participation of Chinese government. Although keep in mind that if they are doing this it is a consequence of their government's policy encouraging this behavior.
- jiggunjer 4y agoYeah, important distinction from a government perspective. It's not the ccp, it's only the hyper nationalist zealots created by the ccp.