The Harris campaign has been editing news headlines and descriptions within Google search ads that make it appear as if the Guardian, Reuters, CBS News and other major publishers are on her side, Sara Fischer writes. trib.al/bpZJejo

A new report from CyberCX has exposed a network of at least 5,000 AI-run accounts in a suspected Chinese-run information operation campaign to spread divisive political discourse on the social media platform X. abc.net.au/news/2024-08-1…

Always the comments, and probably why they’re often turned off…

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Lmao so these people dunking on IGN for allegedly distorting and making up sexist comments made by the creators of Black Myth: Wukong don’t actually understand Chinese internet slangs. 手冲, no matter how you translate it, means masturbating and 被舔到勃起不能 is about oral sex

很明显，这次被钓鱼攻击和盗号的账户都是一些实名中文大V和机构账户。我个人私信也收到了钓鱼私信。打着X help的旗号。It's evident that the accounts targeted by this phishing attack and hijacking are all verified Chinese influencers and institutional accounts. I also received a phishing

Very grateful to have been quoted in this great piece from Wenhao that documents a lot of what has been happening from the Chinese side of things regarding Black Myth Wukong and its online discourse and some controversies. voachinese.com/a/china-game-f…

This is the title of the highest viewed Black Myth Wukong stream lmao

A newly released Chinese video game just became one of the most popular games ever. The game itself has little to do with politics. So why has it been such a contentious subject among Chinese nationalist netizens and anti-Beijing social media users?voanews.com/a/political-cr…

Black Myth Wukong sets a new peak of 2.35M concurrent Steam players after dipping to ~250k overnight. The spike started around 7 AM Beijing time right when China was waking up. #BlackMythWukong

Interesting that the state media are going all in to hype this video game….

#观察 《黑神话：悟空》中的游戏场景对于现实景点和文物的还原，正在产生类似日本ACG“圣地巡礼”的旅游吸引效果。留意官媒宣传，高层可能会重新审视游戏对经济的积极作用，对行业生态发展的态度会有改观。

i got kicked out of two parking lots (Walmart & Kroger, in Calhoun, Georgia) while reporting this newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…

Feel like WeChat has entered its Facebook era where younger people have moved on to other platforms (where tho?) and posts are mostly from your family and relatives

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According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Kanye West will perform in Hainan, China, on Sept 7. The ministry runs a detailed list of foreign artists' for-profit performances in China. The rapper & Donald Trump ally lived in China when he was 10. zwfw.mct.gov.cn/swychd/swychdD…