China is using the world's largest known online disinformation operation to harass Americans, a CNN review finds

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China is using the world's largest known online disinformation operation to harass Americans, a CNN review finds | CNN
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The Chinese government has built up the world’s largest known online disinformation operation and is using it to harass US residents, politicians, and businesses—at times threatening its targets with violence, a CNN review of court documents and public disclosures by social media companies has found.

The onslaught of attacks – often of a vile and deeply personal nature – is part of a well-organized, increasingly brazen Chinese government intimidation campaign targeting people in the United States, documents show.

The US State Department says the tactics are part of a broader multi-billion-dollar effort to shape the world’s information environment and silence critics of Beijing that has expanded under President Xi Jinping. On Wednesday, President Biden is due to meet Xi at a summit in San Francisco.

Victims face a barrage of tens of thousands of social media posts that call them traitors, dogs, and racist and homophobic slurs. They say it’s all part of an effort to drive them into a state of constant fear and paranoia.

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It’s not my responsibility to protect you from yourself,

You were the one that took phrases that the article and op used and changed their meaning without informing anyone of what was going on your mind.

Don't get huffy that people around you aren't mind readers.

You were the one that took phrases that the article and op used and changed their meaning without informing anyone of what was going on your mind.

No, I did not. You assumed I was talking about certain individuals, I was talking about the general profession. If I was speaking specifically about those in the article I would have stated so explicitly, which is normally how language works.

No one is ever explicit when they're talking generally, only when they're talking about a specific part of it.

Don’t get huffy that people around you aren’t mind readers.

It's really simple, and something that every human being (including myself) on this planet has done at one point or another. Just say "Sorry, I assumed incorrectly,", and be done with it.

As I have mentioned before,...

The irony is that it was a simple enough mistake, not worthy of the argument we’ve been having since.

No, I did not.

But then you admit you did:

You assumed I was talking about certain individuals, I was talking about the general profession.

The assumption was made because the article and op used the phrase to mean one thing but in your mind, without telling anyone, it meant something else.

You were the one that took phrases that the article and op used and changed their meaning

But then you admit you did:

You assumed I was talking about certain individuals, I was talking about the general profession.

You're being intellectually dishonest, and using a cheap debate tactic of deflection. You're misrepresenting what I said.

I was responding to a comment, and not the article. I was not contradicting the article, I was not referring to the article. You made the mistake of assuming I was, when I did not.

It’s really simple, and something that every human being (including myself) on this planet has done at one point or another. Just say “Sorry, I assumed incorrectly,”, and be done with it.

The irony is that it was a simple enough mistake, not worthy of the argument we’ve been having since.

You’re being intellectually dishonest,

You refuse to see that you expect users to read you mind such that words mean only what you want them to mean.