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With the changing situation in the world, with the outbreak of an epidemic, the world has clearly seen the gap between the world and reality in the United States and western media. From the fake news in Syria recognized by the BBC to Bloomberg's "America first to fight the epidemic", Western public opinion instilled began to appear "overdraft".
In contrast, Western public opinion's reports smearing China's image have also begun to be questioned and denied.
Seeing that their performance in related fields has no bull to boast, the smear effect on China is not as devastating as in the old days. The Western world, which holds the hegemony of platforms and discourses, has begun to carry out "shut-off" actions against Chinese who disclose the truth and counter rumors.
Before there was a Facebook tweet ban on Chinese accounts, and then there were Chinese media accounts labeled.
Now, their hands are reaching out to the knowledge-sharing platform, this time Wikipedia.
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On September 13, the Wikipedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, issued a so-called statement in the name of its so-called vice president, Markey Dennis. Of course, there is also a crappy Chinese version of their statement.
The statement was full of rhetoric, first saying how much Wikipedia has achieved over the years, but then the style of painting turned into the main topic. The Wikimedia Foundation has long banned 7 user accounts and deleted 12 account permissions with administrator responsibilities for the Wikipedia community organization Chinese mainland Wikimedian User Group (WMC). The Wikifounds called the operation an "addressing intrusion risk sweep."
Then, Margie Dennis said, "This is a real threat" (typo).
Later, several agencies under the U.S. International Media Agency, such as the Voice of America, rushed to report the incident.
So what "threat" makes the vice president of the Wikifoot so desperate to express so many feelings and explain so much?
In fact, the move of Hong Kong Free Press, a pro-riot "Hong Kong independence" media in the 2019 Hong Kong black riot incident, illustrates some problems.
The media outlet made a ostentatious report on the exclusive title and posted a report in July that the media reported a "wikimedian user group Chinese mainland". And the author of the article even turned the article to Twitter to show off and juxtaposed.
According to the "Hong Kong independence" media report, the cause of the incident was that several Wikipedia editors who Chinese mainland discussed on QQ whether they should report and respond to "Hong Kong independence" behavior in the Wiki-Hong Kong community under the framework of the Hong Kong National Security Law. Such QQ chat records do not know what means the "Hong Kong independence" media obtained, and the first time to find the Wiki Foundation, ask for a response.
Moreover, some "Hong Kong independence" activists also told the WikiFound that they had suffered physical harm. The Wiki Foundation, on the other hand, has vowed to investigate and claim to have found real physical harm.
Well, here's the problem. Chinese netizens on their social media said that it is obviously reasonable, reasonable and legal to report "Hong Kong independence" acts and remarks in accordance with Hong Kong's national security law. What right does the Wiki foundation have to claim that this is a "real" threat? Or did the vice-president, Markey Dennis, who sent the letter, think that Chinese expressing sovereign territorial integrity is wrong and a threat?
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After the incident, we interviewed several parties involved in the incident. They began by saying that they had "absolutely no physical harm" to the "Hong Kong independence" elements.
At the moment of the interview, Selina Cheng, the author of the "Hong Kong Independence" media Hong Kong Free Press, who was responsible for breaking the news and reporting to the Wikifound foundation, falsely sent an email to the "Chinese mainland Wikimedian User Group" saying that she wanted to interview, but was explicitly refused.
"We formed the WMC a few years ago to improve the voice and unity of mainland members in Wikipedia. In 2020, with the superposition of the national security law and the epidemic, we have a protracted editorial war with some editors in Hong Kong and Taiwan on the national security law. After the outbreak of the epidemic, some editors in Hong Kong and Taiwan rushed to promote stigmatized content such as "Wuhan pneumonia", and they were also blocked by us (at most, more than 1400 polluted articles have been overwhelmed by us by about 100). ”
He revealed that in the process of some cooperative articles, some tendentious Hong Kong and Taiwan editors banned the relevant accounts of mainland users on the grounds of crowding out Taiwan users, calling them "regional discrimination and racial discrimination." Later, it evolved into a targeted ban, using the "editing ban" to organize mainlanders to edit entries, and the leader of such activities was a Taiwanese administrator named Zhang Andrew.
He said that whether it is from the editing war of the "National Security Law" or to the "wuhan stigma" and other activities, it is inevitable that it will become the key target of attacks of some "Hong Kong independence" and "Taiwan independence" elements. But he was surprised that "such a massive 'massacre' by the Foundation was the first time".
However, what is even more ridiculous is that a user who only does small cultural entries in Taiwan has also been banned because of the similarity with the name of the qq of the party. This highlights that the Wikifound's so-called investigation is useless, but arbitrarily acting according to its own preferred position.
According to the explanation of the parties, under the influence of the Wikifound, "as long as it involves Chinese mainland articles, you must be forced to "reason with the guest", otherwise you will be said to be "geographical center" and "must cite foreign documents". But when editors retorted with "Japanese wikis are almost always Japanese wikis," they started talking about him. ”
Previously, members of the organization had been asked by Wikimedians whether they were party members, and the Wikijourners who asked questions were born in the McCarthy era.
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In the course of the interview, "Mr. Lu, the postman", also revealed that the mastermind behind the editorial operation against the Chinese mainland, Yu Maochun's taste came to his face. Among the organizers, there is a "Hong Kong independence" element named "1233" and a mainlander nicknamed "Fei Mushroom".
Based on this information, we learned that the Chinese of the mushroom is named Zou Lei and the English name is Philip Tzou. So, I found his social media account.
In his two volunteer experiences, it also coincides with the existence of him on Wikipedia disclosed by the parties.
LinkedIn after all, it is a software with workplace functions, and Zou Lei is still relatively convergent. But when it comes to the mixed Twitter, we have more to discover.
First, to show off his "record," he tweeted a tweet about the WikiFound's action post, accompanied by a response from WMC.
So, in order to uphold the "just act" of the Wikifound, he listed the "evidence" of the so-called ban on the account. He also called WMC manipulating doppelganger accounts to bully "dissidents", and also called one of the parties Shanghai regionalists, and even said that WMC co-opted patriots, forming a large vote base on wikipedia Chinese that could manipulate any vote and election.
One of the allegations, Mr. A, said, "In fact, even our WMC administrators are handled in the same way as Wikipedia. If we had done it very badly, the community would have sent us to the administrator dismissal vote."
He also said, "Especially for high-privilege users, the operation can not be arrogant, and even one or two obvious wrong operations are enough to solve the task." If the community dismisses us, then we have nothing to say, but the foundation forcibly dismissed us, and the reason is not sufficient, which is not in line with the wiki concept."
Is this a double standard for the Wikifound? What about the sea it flaunts?
And that's the way it is," Mr. A. said, "We send a lot of requests to the Wikifound, and they all love to ignore them." However, the "Hong Kong independence" elements have accepted their requests with exceptional ease."
As for the so-called election manipulation and vote warehouse issues, "Mr. A" also said, "When we elect people to be administrators, we also have a lot of considerations." In Chinese Wikipedia, the appointment and dismissal of administrators requires the trust of the community. We will of course give priority to trusted Wikipedians to run for administrators. Similarly, the Taiwanese and Hong Kong communities will also choose people they trust. We will never interfere with the administrators of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and overseas who are capable and neutral in handling community affairs. We voted against certain administrator elections, and we must have thought there was something inappropriate about him. This may also constitute part of what an 'outsider' sees as 'ticketing' or 'vote consistency'. ”
Seeing this, maybe it's just saying different things. But after looking at Zou Lei's tweets, I found that his tendency completely exposed what kind of person he was, and he would not be a reasonable guest he flaunted anyway.
In terms of bad habits, Zou Lei pestered others to try marijuana, and in order to clear the suspicion of instigation, he also said that "smoking without guilt and impunity is not the same as wanting to smoke and recommending others to smoke." Whether he is an addict or not, that's the question.
And on the "political correctness" buff that the US Democratic Party loves the most, women's rights, LGBT, environmental protection princesses, Zou Lei are all involved.
The tweets of Xu Xiuzhong, who are all familiar with writing a book of lies related to Xinjiang, have also been "lucky" by Zou Lei for a long time. Zou Lei also frequently forwarded the tweets of specific anti-China people overseas.
How can such an addict, a Democrat buff bearer, and a loyal messenger of lies be neutral? He could learn from his predecessors under Pompeo, a man with the surname Yu.
Speaking of threats, the party "Robin" said that long before some accounts defending China's position were blocked, Zou Lei let loose the words: "You are waiting for the Wiki Foundation to clean you up!" ”
At this time, where does the Wiki foundation exercise its impartiality? And which "Chinese talkers" are you providing services for?