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@SpeakerPelosi appointed Commissioner @USCIRF | Attorney | Adjunct Fellow @HudsonInstitute | Board Chair @UyghurProject | RTs/Following aren't endorsement.
Mar 29, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
Thread: Pleased to be featured in this terrific column by @joshrogin. Threats @tiktok_us pose are real--privacy, public health & safety, and CCP manipulation of info. Not about racially motivated pushback, Whataboutism, or 150 million potential votes. wapo.st/3LVH4Bb @tiktok_us and @BytedanceTalk don’t criticize the Chinese government’s abuse of the Uyghurs because they are complicit. ByteDance has a strategic partnership with the Chinese Ministry of Public Security. That is part of their business conduct. This is what they do. n/2
Jan 25, 2021 5 tweets 4 min read
You would be annoyed if someone misspells your name or ignore your correction request as has been the case here. I trust you would agree that the Uyghurs people desire and linguistic rules of their language should be respected. 4/6 We respectfully ask the @APStylebook and the worldwide media organization to use the correct spelling "Uyghur" instead of "Uighur" Editors' excuse of following @APStylebook is not plausible. 5/6