This is such a disgrace. Naomi Wu is one of the most interesting personalities out there. Absurdly enough, she was always very careful to not paint China in a negative light. She also managed to show everyday life and culture in China from an inside perspective, which is rare enough. It's a real shame and a huge loss to the maker community. Let's hope this gets some publicity, which may help protect her.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 72 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The problem was that after Vice published her info, she basically lost any protection she had. Also how no foreign press is really saying anything or asking about her. She was protected when China thought the world was watching her; now that they know they’re not, she’s been silenced.

Her girlfriend is also Uighur, which had her in another precarious situation. She’s said she can’t leave China because her girlfriend can’t.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

she was always very careful to not paint China in a negative light.

A few times she even called out Chinese companies that were acting scummy to foreign customers and asked that they act better to not damage China's reputation.

(I'm sure that language ws specifically chosen to have maximum impact for someone who understood they might face very real consequences over damaging China's image)

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

That visit to the UMIDIGI office for GPL compliance was 👌

Ben commented:

Hi,

You can request the shareable source codes (most of them are not free and owned by MediaTek) at our Shenzhen office (only Chinese speaking) in working hours.

The address is:

405-407 Jinqi Zhigu Building , 4/F , 1 Tangling Road , Nanshan District , Shenzhen City, P.R.C

Kind regards, Ben - UMIDIGI

Ben changed the status to Waiting for customer.

https://www.androidauthority.com/watch-youtuber-android-source-code-2735089/