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Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes

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Re: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes

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Post by rchaud »

> The omission of her predicament by the media isn't just an oversight—it's a signal suggesting that a significant portion of western media may be increasingly compromised by Beijing's influence, finding themselves unable to criticize foreign policy, lest they rile the tiger and negatively impact their business.

Compromised because they didn't provide coverage of a Youtuber in China getting silenced? You make sound as if western media have been dead silent on Uyghur matters, which they have not.

As for business interests, I would imagine foreign newspapers aren't carrying much hope of finally cracking the Chinese market.

Re: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes

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Post by NathanKP »

I've been following Naomi Wu on Twitter for years, but I didn't notice that July tweet until reading this post. The reason: I'm barely on Twitter/X anymore because its so bad now, and even when I'm on Twitter/X I don't see stuff I wanted to see because their algorithm is trash now and just likes to highlight conspiracy theories and the latest cringe content from Elon Musk

Anyway, I'm super sad to see Naomi Wu so deplatformed, and even sadder that I didn't even notice thanks to how effectively Elon fucked up Twitter.

She's not the only one either. So many great voices are lost, and I wonder how many others I missed and haven't noticed yet.

Re: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes

#15

Post by FreshStart »

krapp wrote: post #9
consumer451 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Am I being paranoid in thinking that Musk’s exposure in China & disdain for the LGBTQ community could lead him to lower the reach of tweets related to this issue?

No. At this point Twitter (I refuse to call it "X" and I will die on this hill) is little more than Elon's personal agitprop and trolling platform, and he would absolutely be petty enough to pull something like that.

ExTwitter

Re: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes

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Post by justinclift »

ryandrake wrote: post #6

Strange domain. I was not able to resolve the web site's (hackingbutlegal.com) IP address using Google's DNS, OpenDNS, or my ISP's default resolver. Cloudflare's DNS (1.1.1.1) resolves it to an IP address.

Seems ok here (Sydney, Australia) at present, using Google's DNS (8.8.8.8).

Re: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes

#17

Post by dayvid »

I really appreciated her POV on China. Usually it's westerners commenting on events in China. Very rare to have someone born and raised in China who comments on issues openly to her extent in English able to articulate American and Chinese POVs on an issue. She's also living an authentic cyperpunk hacker lifestyle. Hope the best for her and her partner.

Re: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes

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Post by stavros »

rchaud wrote: post #11

> The omission of her predicament by the media isn't just an oversight—it's a signal suggesting that a significant portion of western media may be increasingly compromised by Beijing's influence, finding themselves unable to criticize foreign policy, lest they rile the tiger and negatively impact their business. Compromised because they didn't provide coverage of a Youtuber in China getting silenced? You make sound a…

Well, we got no coverage on Wu getting deplatformed, and a bit of coverage on Uyghur matters. Instead, we should have gotten a bit of coverage on the former, and a lot of coverage on the latter.

Re: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes

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Post by yardie »

My interpretation is since her sexuality was outed by a Western journalist she has had an antagonistic relationship with them. I've replied and responded to some of her Tweets and she definitely has her own identity that doesn't line up with what Western users think. I think they wanted a freedom fighter based in China to criticize the CCP and she was not taking the bait.

What I had not anticipated was her needing the exposure to Western media to keep her safe. I naively assumed it was the opposite. Like if she didn't stand to high or make much noise it would be water under the bridge. Once the politburo realized the Westerners weren't that interested in her they pounced.

Wherever she is I hope she's safe.

Re: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes

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Post by barry-cotter »

4v0v wrote: post #12

Censorship from one side or the other is never the answer.

No, censorship can totally be the answer to getting people to stop saying things you don’t want them to say if you don’t have any commitment to free speech. See how Tucker Max or Milo Yiannopolous are no longer culturally relevant. Censorship works.
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