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Why did a Dutch cartoonist's work make many people angry?
Cartoonist Maarten Wolterink discovered that whoever attempts to make jokes of the coronavirus would soon touch the nerve of many.
Wolterink received countless calls and hundreds of angry messages on Instagram in one and a half week’s time.
“I drew a flag, its stars were replaced by viruses”, said Wolterink in a radio program, NOS Met het Oog op Morgen. “Although I could not understand these messages (maybe because they were written in Chinese), there were lots of angry face emojis, especially turd and middle finger.” There were around 600 messages of this sort.
Wolterink is not the only cartoonist who incited anger due to cartoons about coronavirus.
Chinese Embassy in Denmark and Belgium have already demanded the newspapers to retrieve the cartoons. Chinese ambassador in the Netherlands even hoped that if there is any offensive cartoon to be published, the Dutch government would take action. He called for the “supervision of their values” on the part of the editor-in-chief.
“These are Chinese style responses”, said Tjeerd Royaards, cartoonist and editor-in-chief of The Cartoon Movement. “We are talking about a country which bans Winnie the Pooh just because it looks like Xi Jinping, the Chinese President. I hope the Dutch government would not respond to the demands of the Chinese Embassy. It is in fact a very strict censorship.”
To the cartoonists, verbal threats or even death threats are nothing new to them. “In fact, it happens whenever a cartoon makes a fuss,” said Royaards.
In those angry messages Wolterink received, there were abbreviations in Chinese, which means "your mother is dead:. “In the beginning, I would happily reply that my mother has indeed passed away 30 years ago, how did you know that? However, after replying to 400 messages, I am fed up.”, said Wolterink. “I am glad that I have deleted my address on Google Maps. Moreover, China is very far away from the Netherlands. I don’t think this is a serious threat.”
“I am not saying my boss will call me tomorrow and tell me not to do so,” said Royaards. “However, this might happen in the future due to China’s intolerance on different opinions. Overall, the freedom of the press is in decline. Besides, as the power of China is growing, what would happen after five, or ten, or twenty years?”
Source: https://taronews.tw/2020/02/06/604388/
#Denmark #Belgium #Netherlands #Censorship #PressFreedom #SharpPower
Why did a Dutch cartoonist's work make many people angry?
Cartoonist Maarten Wolterink discovered that whoever attempts to make jokes of the coronavirus would soon touch the nerve of many.
Wolterink received countless calls and hundreds of angry messages on Instagram in one and a half week’s time.
“I drew a flag, its stars were replaced by viruses”, said Wolterink in a radio program, NOS Met het Oog op Morgen. “Although I could not understand these messages (maybe because they were written in Chinese), there were lots of angry face emojis, especially turd and middle finger.” There were around 600 messages of this sort.
Wolterink is not the only cartoonist who incited anger due to cartoons about coronavirus.
Chinese Embassy in Denmark and Belgium have already demanded the newspapers to retrieve the cartoons. Chinese ambassador in the Netherlands even hoped that if there is any offensive cartoon to be published, the Dutch government would take action. He called for the “supervision of their values” on the part of the editor-in-chief.
“These are Chinese style responses”, said Tjeerd Royaards, cartoonist and editor-in-chief of The Cartoon Movement. “We are talking about a country which bans Winnie the Pooh just because it looks like Xi Jinping, the Chinese President. I hope the Dutch government would not respond to the demands of the Chinese Embassy. It is in fact a very strict censorship.”
To the cartoonists, verbal threats or even death threats are nothing new to them. “In fact, it happens whenever a cartoon makes a fuss,” said Royaards.
In those angry messages Wolterink received, there were abbreviations in Chinese, which means "your mother is dead:. “In the beginning, I would happily reply that my mother has indeed passed away 30 years ago, how did you know that? However, after replying to 400 messages, I am fed up.”, said Wolterink. “I am glad that I have deleted my address on Google Maps. Moreover, China is very far away from the Netherlands. I don’t think this is a serious threat.”
“I am not saying my boss will call me tomorrow and tell me not to do so,” said Royaards. “However, this might happen in the future due to China’s intolerance on different opinions. Overall, the freedom of the press is in decline. Besides, as the power of China is growing, what would happen after five, or ten, or twenty years?”
Source: https://taronews.tw/2020/02/06/604388/
#Denmark #Belgium #Netherlands #Censorship #PressFreedom #SharpPower
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荷蘭漫畫家的一幅畫為何惹怒很多人？
漫畫家馬滕·沃爾特林克（Maarten Wolterink）發現，任何想對冠狀病毒開玩笑的人都很快會觸及到很多人敏感的神經線。
Huawei Launches Internal Investigation as Fake Accounts Manipulate Its Social Media. Twitter: Conclusive Evidence may Lead to Permanent Blocking
Chinese telecoms company Huawei has been aggressively exploring overseas markets in recent years, but there have also been concerns about its rise and the manipulation of online media. The research firm Graphika found that during Belgium's reconsideration of its 5G policy, Twitter was flooded with fake accounts claiming to support Huawei. The Financial Times also found that Huawei's top executives, who had only used their Twitter accounts to issue press releases, had an unusually large number of followers. Twitter said that it had taken action against thousands of fake fans of Huawei executives' accounts, while Huawei admitted that the company had not done enough to comply with the rules of the social platform.
An international research firm Graphika released A 33-page study on Thursday saying that a new wave of manipulation on social media comes as the Belgian government revisits its 5G network policy and considers restricting "high-risk vendors" such as Huawei from building the country's 5G systems. At first, at least 14 Twitter accounts posing as telecoms experts, writers and academics shared pro-Huawei posts attacking Belgium's new policy. Graphika analyzed as fake photos and followers believed to be robots, despite their personal photos and occupations.
Source: Stand News #Jan31
https://bit.ly/2NZSwzS
#Huawei #Twitter #fakeaccounts #socialmedia #telecom #ChineseTelecom #Belgium #Graphika
Chinese telecoms company Huawei has been aggressively exploring overseas markets in recent years, but there have also been concerns about its rise and the manipulation of online media. The research firm Graphika found that during Belgium's reconsideration of its 5G policy, Twitter was flooded with fake accounts claiming to support Huawei. The Financial Times also found that Huawei's top executives, who had only used their Twitter accounts to issue press releases, had an unusually large number of followers. Twitter said that it had taken action against thousands of fake fans of Huawei executives' accounts, while Huawei admitted that the company had not done enough to comply with the rules of the social platform.
An international research firm Graphika released A 33-page study on Thursday saying that a new wave of manipulation on social media comes as the Belgian government revisits its 5G network policy and considers restricting "high-risk vendors" such as Huawei from building the country's 5G systems. At first, at least 14 Twitter accounts posing as telecoms experts, writers and academics shared pro-Huawei posts attacking Belgium's new policy. Graphika analyzed as fake photos and followers believed to be robots, despite their personal photos and occupations.
Source: Stand News #Jan31
https://bit.ly/2NZSwzS
#Huawei #Twitter #fakeaccounts #socialmedia #telecom #ChineseTelecom #Belgium #Graphika
Chinese Mobile Phones May Send User Data to China, Belgium Warns
Belgian justice minister Vincent #VanQuickenborne has warned that mobile phones made by Chinese brands may pose spying risks to users, Le Soir reported.
Given the laws under which Chinese #smartphones are produced, Van Quickenborne said, the data they hold may be sent to the Chinese authorities or exposed to #espionage.
According to Le Soir’s report, Chinese law requires companies to store their data on Chinese servers and grant the Chinese authorities access to the IT system.
While #Europe has been slower than the US in its crackdown on Chinese telecom firms, Sino-European relations have become increasingly tense following #China ’s sanctions against Lithuania and as fears of espionage and data theft grow.
#Belgium had previously cautioned athletes attending the #BeijingWinterOlympics against hackers.
Source: Technews #Feb15
https://technews.tw/2022/02/15/huawei-xiaomi-china/
Belgian justice minister Vincent #VanQuickenborne has warned that mobile phones made by Chinese brands may pose spying risks to users, Le Soir reported.
Given the laws under which Chinese #smartphones are produced, Van Quickenborne said, the data they hold may be sent to the Chinese authorities or exposed to #espionage.
According to Le Soir’s report, Chinese law requires companies to store their data on Chinese servers and grant the Chinese authorities access to the IT system.
While #Europe has been slower than the US in its crackdown on Chinese telecom firms, Sino-European relations have become increasingly tense following #China ’s sanctions against Lithuania and as fears of espionage and data theft grow.
#Belgium had previously cautioned athletes attending the #BeijingWinterOlympics against hackers.
Source: Technews #Feb15
https://technews.tw/2022/02/15/huawei-xiaomi-china/
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