Hong Kong's civil unrest shows no sign of abating. On the streets, protesters and police face off every week with escalating violence -- and online, an equally bitter battle is being waged using misinformation to fuel fear and suspicion.
h1.pg-headline { font-weight: bold; } .zn-body-text h3 { font-weight: bold; clear:left; } It's a viscerally emotive picture. A woman who appears to be pregnant lies on the floor of a subway station.
On social media, posts alleging that she had suffered a miscarriage were shared thousands of times. As more footage emerged, public outrage intensified over the Yuen Long violence, and towards the police for their alleged failure to protect victims from the baton-wielding attackers, who appeared to target protesters returning home from a march.殴られた妊婦さんですが流産されたそうです。この二ヶ月で6人が自殺した香港ですが殺された人は誰もいませんでした。一人目は赤ん坊となりました。 pic.twitter.
— Suzuko Hirano🇭🇰残り7.8万HKD !! July 22, 2019 But then came the counternarrative. She wasn't pregnant, people claimed, and her alleged miscarriage was a politically motivated rumor. Though local media claim to have confirmed her pregnancy and the safety of the baby, the truth remains contested. Either way, the incident clearly illustrates the power of unverified online rumors to shape the narrative driving the city's worst political crisis in decades.
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