Secretive Chinese nationalist group targets Hong Kong protesters and supporters on social media platforms banned on mainland. — SCMP
A secretive Chinese nationalist group – best known for its internet trolling attacks – has stepped up its online information war in recent weeks, spreading pro-China memes and targeting supporters of Hong Kong’s anti-government protests in so-called “battle expeditions”.
The state media-endorsed Diba forum’s latest targets have included high-profile Hong Kong figures such as Canto-pop singer Denise Ho Wan-sze, a vocal attendee of the protests, and pan-democrat lawmaker Claudia Mo Man-ching.
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