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EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes (www.hackingbutlegal.com)
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When China's prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn't just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it was a confluence of state repression and the sometimes capricious attention of a Western audience that, as she asserts, often views Chinese activists more as ideological tokens than as genuine human beings.

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[–] 47 points 2 years ago (2 children)

She was always keeping a moderate tone, always leaning towards supporting China and the Chinese state as well. I thought she'd skip around the censors because of it.

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  • [–] 79 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    China doesn't care. They'll betray anyone in an instant, because they're fascists masquerading as the "party of the people".

    The fact that there are so many pro-China supporters on Lemmy that want this shit makes me sad. Lemmy.ml, Lemmygrad (same people), Hexbear...

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    It's mainly due to the fact that to us Westerners we wish we could have the stability in China. I will say I personally see China as a state that will crumble and then it'll reform to different communes (that is my hope). Or we get Romance of The Three Kingdoms but Cyber core

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Why are they going after people who are supportive of them?

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago

    The short answer is that she reported a security vulnerability in a popular Android keyboard. It basically operated as a keylogger. The logical assumption is that the government was using that to spy on people (even people using secure messengers) and did not appreciate the secret getting out to the public.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago

    Because they are fascists with power. You can praise them all day every day but when it comes down if you are different in any way they will see you as a deviant and a sickness.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Why are they going after people

    Seems you haven't read the second half of the title, as well as the second half of the article.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    TBH I had trouble getting past

    As an example, here she is comprehensively breaking down the capabilities (or lack thereof) of a high-tech filtration mask in a manner which is likely to be beyond your understanding

    Just... Why?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    It felt very condescending :/

    I think you can congratulate or acknowledge someone's talents or skills without being off putting towards those who don't have them. I think the stuff the maker does is incredible and the tone by the journalist is strange, I would really like to know their reasoning to get a better understanding.

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