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There is a large LGBT framing in the article on Naomi Wu's situation. I would rather hear from Naomi, it's entirely possible this is about her stance on COVID,
by bArray 3y ago
There is a large LGBT framing in the article on Naomi Wu's situation. I would rather hear from Naomi, it's entirely possible this is about her stance on COVID, Uyghur Muslims or something else entirely.
> Despite her primarily Western audience, Wu has consistently encountered unfavorable treatment from Western media, often tinged with misogyny. Notably, a VICE Magazine reporter appeared to consider outing Wu without her consent, potentially jeopardizing her safety by revealing personal information.
It was VICE who outed her sexuality, a publication by Sarah Emerson [0]. VICE itself has a massive left-wing bias [1], and doesn't quite fit the 'misogyny' narrative. It's entirely possible they could have got her arrested or killed (she was already living somewhat dangerously) [2].
I hope this article took the time and asked for permission to publish - it's entirely possible that this kind of attention itself could cause significant trouble.
[0] https://www.vice.com/en/article/3kjqdb/naomi-wu-sexy-cyborg-profile-shenzhen-maker-scene https://www.vice.com/en/article/3kjqdb/naomi-wu-sexy-cyborg-...
[1] https://www.allsides.com/news-source/vice-media-bias https://www.allsides.com/news-source/vice-media-bias
[2] https://nextshark.com/naomi-wu-vice-controversy https://nextshark.com/naomi-wu-vice-controversy
- heinternets 3y agoNaomi said to the interviewer it was in regards to her previously publicising the Sogou software security vulnerabilities in 2019: "Five days after Tencent (Shenzhen) admits to the IME vulnerability, the Chinese person (in Shenzhen) who originally publicized it suddenly gets dragged in by the cops and forced offline." "NONE of them could read English to see my account does not even make China look bad, it was all Baidu fucking translate and demands why I was talking about Signal and the keyboard"