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...

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.

  • Arcturus
    6•2 years ago

    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.

      • @GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        8•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.

      • @Fisk400@feddit.nuEnglish
        3•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.

      • Arcturus
        3•2 years ago

        Because it’s not enough.
        She wasn’t enough.
        She doesn’t fit the box perfectly.
        And she was too popular to ignore.