[China's Propaganda: Part 9 of 9]
As reported by the Time Magazine, James Lewis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies said that “the Twitter campaign reflects the fact that the Chinese government has studied the role of social media in mass movements and fears the Hong Kong protests could spark wider unrest”.
“This is standard Chinese practice domestically, and we know that after 2016 they studied what the Russians did in the U.S. carefully. So it sounds like this is the first time they’re deploying their new toy,” he said.
According to Time, the state-backed media organizations are still allowed to use Twitter, but only that they are no longer allowed to pay for ads, which “show up regardless of whether you have elected to follow the group’s tweet”. At the moment, Twitter did not provide a list of what it considers state-backed media organizations.
On that account, it shall be noted that Xi—during his visits to three top state-run media People’s Daily, Xinhua news agency and China Central Television (CCTV) in 2016—had told these state media workers:
“All the work by the party’s media must reflect the party’s will, safeguard the party’s authority, and safeguard the party’s unity. They must love the party, protect the party, and closely align themselves with the party leadership in thought, politics and action.”
Source:
https://time.com/5656149/twitter-chinese-accounts-hong-kong-protests/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/19/xi-jinping-tours-chinas-top-state-media-outlets-to-boost-loyalty
#chinapropaganda #stateideology #n9
As reported by the Time Magazine, James Lewis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies said that “the Twitter campaign reflects the fact that the Chinese government has studied the role of social media in mass movements and fears the Hong Kong protests could spark wider unrest”.
“This is standard Chinese practice domestically, and we know that after 2016 they studied what the Russians did in the U.S. carefully. So it sounds like this is the first time they’re deploying their new toy,” he said.
According to Time, the state-backed media organizations are still allowed to use Twitter, but only that they are no longer allowed to pay for ads, which “show up regardless of whether you have elected to follow the group’s tweet”. At the moment, Twitter did not provide a list of what it considers state-backed media organizations.
On that account, it shall be noted that Xi—during his visits to three top state-run media People’s Daily, Xinhua news agency and China Central Television (CCTV) in 2016—had told these state media workers:
“All the work by the party’s media must reflect the party’s will, safeguard the party’s authority, and safeguard the party’s unity. They must love the party, protect the party, and closely align themselves with the party leadership in thought, politics and action.”
Source:
https://time.com/5656149/twitter-chinese-accounts-hong-kong-protests/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/19/xi-jinping-tours-chinas-top-state-media-outlets-to-boost-loyalty
#chinapropaganda #stateideology #n9