Tl;dw?
Btw is there a bot to post automated video transcripts?
this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023
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Renowned Chinese maker Naomi Wu has been threatened and questioned by Chinese authorities, facing imprisonment if she continues posting openly online.
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Wu has brought attention to privacy issues with popular third-party keyboards in China that could record keystrokes and send them to developers like Tencent.
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Researchers recently confirmed this vulnerability in a report to Tencent, who were slow to address the problem.
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Shortly after, Wu was detained and warned to limit her online discussions or face consequences.
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Wu feels silenced and that Western audiences who once supported her have abandoned her.
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The video creator blames Elon Musk for ruining Twitter and limiting their ability to stay connected to people like Wu.
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Centralized social platforms play a role in protecting dissenting voices by giving them visibility and an audience.
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Frequent disruptions to platforms force rebuilding connections and communities elsewhere.
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Wu's outspoken views on technology and politics in China came with risks, which authorities are now cracking down on.
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There are calls to raise more awareness of Wu's situation through media coverage and online sharing.
(Used kagi summarizer for this)
Here's her article on it that includes sources:
This is such a disgrace. Naomi Wu is one of the most interesting personalities out there. Absurdly enough, she was always very careful to not paint China in a negative light. She also managed to show everyday life and culture in China from an inside perspective, which is rare enough. It's a real shame and a huge loss to the maker community. Let's hope this gets some publicity, which may help protect her.
The problem was that after Vice published her info, she basically lost any protection she had. Also how no foreign press is really saying anything or asking about her. She was protected when China thought the world was watching her; now that they know they’re not, she’s been silenced.
Her girlfriend is also Uighur, which had her in another precarious situation. She’s said she can’t leave China because her girlfriend can’t.
Her girlfriend is also Uighur, which had her in another precarious situation. She’s said she can’t leave China because her girlfriend can’t.
What the fuck are you talking about? You white supremacist scumbags are so full of shit.
I’m not white, buddy.
Which makes you being a white supremacist even worse you terrible idiot.
I mean this in the most Southern way possible:
Oh, honey, oh bless your heart, you tried.
I wish she would just print a Jet-Ski!
Source: a YouTube video
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Since you’re looking down on YouTube as a source, here you go:
Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes
Give up. You could post an article by a Pulitzer Prize Winner and it wouldn't be good enough. Hell, I posted an English translation of a Chinese article about the arrest of a Chinese LGBT author and it wasn't good enough.
I would be interested in reading that. Can you link it to me?
She basically said it herself though.
Did I tell you about the time I shagged David Attenborough? His reacharound is divine
So, you're claiming Naomi Wu is lying about her well documented and well known persecution by the Chinese government?
No, he's claiming that he shagged David Attenborough.
Oh, that's pretty believable, honestly.
Source: A well known journalist who covers news about this, quoting Naomi Wu herself and what's been happening to her.