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Fergus Ryan
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China analyst @ASPI_CTS šŸ¦‹ Find me: fergus.bsky.social šŸ“Ø Anon tips/feedback: admonymous.co/fergus-ryan šŸ“± Signal: fergus.99
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    Fergus Ryan
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    Jun 9
    In liberal democracies, ā€œAI safetyā€ usually means protecting people from powerful systems. In China, it increasingly means protecting the Party from people. My 12-minute Oslo Freedom Forum keynote on why Beijingā€™s approach to AI should worry us: youtu.be/2N7NGM5UqDY?siā€¦
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    Fergus Ryan
    @fryan
    Oct 20, 2022
    If you spent any time on China-watching Twitter in 2021, you probably came across these two women. Party-state media, Chinese diplomats & foreign vloggers tried to make out they were just an ordinary account. We took a closer look & found out that wasn't quite right. šŸ§µ
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    Fergus Ryan
    @fryan
    Jan 22, 2017
    Replying to @realDonaldTrump
    7 million fewer than Obama's first ceremony
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    Trump's inauguration is watched by 30.6 million viewers ā€” 7 million fewer than Obama's first...
    The inauguration of President Trump was watched by 30.6 million television viewers on Friday, 19% below the audience of 37.8 million for President Obamaā€™s first swearing-in ceremony in 2009.
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    Fergus Ryan
    @fryan
    Jan 22, 2017
    Replying to @goldy_levy @realDonaldTrump and @latimes
    but fewer than Obama's first one which is what I'm saying.
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    Fergus Ryan
    @fryan
    Nov 17, 2022
    ęŽå­ęŸ’åœØ YouTube äøŠåę‹„ 1720 äø‡ē²‰äøļ¼Œę˜Æč‡³ä»Šäøŗę­¢ē²‰äøęœ€å¤šēš„äø­å›½ē½‘ēŗ¢ļ¼Œä½†čæ™äøŖ平台äøŠčæ˜ęœ‰ę•°ä»„åƒč®”ēš„其他äø­å›½č“¦ęˆ·ć€‚ ē­‰ē­‰ļ¼Œ YouTubeåœØäø­å›½äøę˜Æč¢«å±č”½äŗ†å—ļ¼Ÿå’‹å›žäŗ‹ļ¼Ÿ äø‹é¢å‘ŠčƉ你咋回äŗ‹å„æļ¼ššŸ§µ
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    Fergus Ryan
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    Nov 16, 2022
    Chinese influencer Li Ziqi has 17.2 million followers on YouTube. She's the biggest by far, but there are thousands of other China-based accounts on the platform. But wait. Isn't YouTube blocked in China? What gives? Here's how it all works. šŸ§µ
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    Fergus Ryan
    @fryan
    Feb 3, 2017
    it's called twitter
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    VICE
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    Feb 3, 2017
    This dating app helps people find love based on their mutual hatred of things: bit.ly/2kmB31y
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    Fergus Ryan
    @fryan
    Jan 22, 2017
    Replying to @carltischer @goldy_levy and 2 others
    your mother must be so very proud.
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    Fergus Ryan
    @fryan
    Feb 11, 2020
    Replying to @dannolan
    he doesnā€™t want to fly to nyc every week to do impressions on SNL under a Sanders presidency
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    Fergus Ryan
    @fryan
    Nov 26, 2023
    China's influencer market is booming & foreigners are getting in on the action. While many avoid politics, a growing cadre, tempted by traffic, profits & plaudits are aligning their content to CCP-approved narratives. A šŸ§µ on the foreign vlogger to CCP propagandist pipeline.
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    Fergus Ryan
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    Oct 21, 2022
    å¦‚ęžœ2021幓ļ¼Œä½ čŠ±ē‚¹ę—¶é—“ēœ‹äø­å›½å†…容ē›ø关ēš„ęŽØē‰¹ļ¼Œé‚£ä½ å¾ˆęœ‰åÆčƒ½ä¼šé‡åˆ°čæ™äø¤äøŖ姑åØ˜ć€‚ äø­å›½å…šåŖ’ļ¼Œå¤–äŗ¤å®˜å’Œäø€äŗ›ę“‹äŗ”ęƛ会告čƉ你ļ¼Œčæ™åŖę˜ÆäøŖꙮ通äŗŗēš„č“¦å·ć€‚ ęˆ‘ä»¬ä»”ē»†ē ”ē©¶äŗ†äø€äø‹ļ¼Œå…¶å®žäøę˜Æčæ™ä¹ˆå›žäŗ‹å„æ怂 šŸ§µ
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    Fergus Ryan
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    Feb 19, 2020
    Meanwhile, China blocks: šŸ›‘ Facebook šŸ›‘ Google šŸ›‘ Twitter šŸ›‘ Snapchat šŸ›‘ Reddit šŸ›‘ Tumblr šŸ›‘ Pinterest šŸ›‘ Slack šŸ›‘ Twitch šŸ›‘ Discord šŸ›‘ Dropbox šŸ›‘ Quora šŸ›‘ Medium šŸ›‘ Wikipedia šŸ›‘ Vimeo šŸ›‘ Flickr & many more. What was that you were saying about "discrimination", ambassador?
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    ASPI Cyber, Tech & Security
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    Feb 18, 2020
    #CyberDigest | China cries discrimination as Abbott urges UK to think again on Huawei | @RichAFerguson | buff.ly/2P5iC1P
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    Fergus Ryan
    @fryan
    Oct 22, 2022
    Hu Jintao gets shuffled off the political stage in a fairly undignified manner. Note how he tries to swipe Xi Jinping's notes. He does not seem well at all.
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    Fergus Ryan
    @fryan
    Jan 22, 2017
    Replying to @carltischer @goldy_levy and 2 others
    and what's your opinion on string theory I wonder? Do enlighten me Carl.