Shenzhen Tech Girl Naomi Wu, Part 3: Defunding, Deplatforming, and Detention

Some high points of the admittedly not very concise post:

> The [US show] Patriot Act included the footage in such a way as to make it appears I was a willing participant in a video attacking Chinese leadership. [..] Unsurprisingly, sometime after this, while near my home I was placed into a police van and detained.

> This got me noticed by some Chinese tech companies who were willing to offer some sponsorships to help make up what I had lost when Vice Magazine’s lawyers got my Patreon account closed. [1]

> Unfortunately, once you have the tool and can use it with impunity, without the person being targeted being able to prove anything, of course, it will be abused to protect the powerful and influential. This has happened every time I have called out the New York Times for theft of my content- suddenly my YouTube videos are no longer recommended and my channel starts to die, even if there is no video posted even remotely controversial.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/898na9/vice...