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.
What a shame. I’m subscribed to her youtube channel and enjoyed her content. Unfortunately, this will probably be used as more ammunition in the political war that will continue the feedback loop and things will only get worse.