If you think this is not a coordinated effort than you are very naive.
It's worth pointing out what is actually happening here. This story about "massive internment camps" has been pushed relentlessly on HN for the past two weeks. There's been at least five stories on it.
Actual journalists investigated the story and proved quite clearly the story has been entirely fabricated [1].
It's worth pointing out what is actually happening here. This story about "massive internment camps" has been pushed relentlessly on HN for the past two weeks. There's been at least five stories on it.
Actual journalists investigated the story and proved quite clearly the story has been entirely fabricated [1].
Post the results of this story on HN and it is immediately flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17846148
At this point I think it pretty fair to say there is a highly coordinated effort to push a wholly fake anti-China story.
> In reality, of course, it's neither: we're just trying to prevent HN from going up in nationalistic flames.
Somehow you think being "neutral" is the right strategy when one side is invested in a deliberate propaganda effort.
[1] https://grayzoneproject.com/2018/08/23/un-did-not-report-chi...