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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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[–] 61 points 3 years ago (1 child)

If the CCP wants you gone, they can have you gone, just like that. The only thing that keeps them from putting people like Naomi away permanently is international pressure. I'm worried for her, because I don't think that will hold for much longer.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago

    If we're following a pattern, she'll likely turn back up in a few weeks or months, say how awesome the CCP is, then disappear from public life. She would probably have some sort of travel ban and even if she gets out, the CCP would go after her or her girlfriend's families at the very least. I don't think they would merc her because the seem to value being able to tote their targets out to maintain the masquerade.

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