YTyb rstorz sspndd acǎnt v Ćînīz vlogr rportñ fṛm Ycren on atroṣtiz
(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on Thursday 7 April 2022)
YTyb tecs ax́n a wīc aftr sspndñ Woñ Jīśien’z ćanl ẃn it rsivd a rport hiz posts cntend ‘sspctd vayḷns’
Rǒda Cwān in Taipei, Ʈrzde 7 Epril 2022
YTyb hz rstord ɖ acǎnt v a Ćînīz naśnl in Odesa hu wz cuṿrñ ɖ atroṣtiz in Ycren, a wīc aftr sspndñ ẃn it rsivd a rport ɖt it cntend “sspctd vayḷns”.
Woñ Jīśien, huz dêli Manḍrin vlogs dītelñ hiz lîf in ɖ Ycreńn siti md him an inṭnet snseśn, wz tmprṛli sspndd on Ʈrzde last wīc. In hiz vidio imīɉtli bfr ɖ sspnśn, hiz vidio śoud Ćînīz trnzleśnz v a vôs rcordñ v Ycreńnz spīcñ abt atroṣtiz cmitd bî Ruśn soljrz.
A YTyb spocsprsn sd: “Wɖ ɖ masiv volym v vidioz on ǎr platform, smtmz w mc ɖ roñ cōl on content ɖt z flagd bî ǎr cḿṇti. Ẃn ɖs z bròt t ǎr atnśn, w rvy ɖ content n tec aproprịt ax́n qcli, includñ rstorñ vidioz ɖt wr mstecnli rmuvd.”
Woñ, fṛm Bêźñ, bgan postñ dêli vlogs on hiz YTyb ćanl śortli aftr Ruśa’z inveźn v Ycren on 24 Febrri. “Tde z … I am stl in Odesa. I am stl alîv,” hiz vidioz bgin. Hiz dêli updets qcli drù mor ɖn 100,000 folowrz bt olso ɖ îr v Ćîna’z lījnz v naśṇlistic netiznz. Hiz ćanl sudnli wnt qayt last wīc.
Ɖ programr tld hiz folowrz on Twitr ɖt hiz apil agnst ɖ sspnśn wz rjctd last wīc. YTyb tmprṛli sspndz rportd acǎnts fr ptnśl vạleśnz fr wn wīc, ẃć me b xtndd t 90 dez f vạleśnz cntiny.
Woñ tld Redio Fri Eźa h dd’nt blem YTyb, bt ɖ “ultirịr motivz” v huevr rportd him, seyñ: “ẃr z ɖ vayḷns? I dd’nt includ fotoz [v vayḷns] in mî vidio.”
Unditŕd, Woñ crietd a ny YTyb ćanl t cntiny hiz dêli updets. Hiz ny acǎnt, crietd last Ʈrzde, hosts a six-de strīc v vidioz n hz olrdi garnrd 34,000 folowrz. Folowrz postd meṣjz v rlif on hiz ny ćanl. “I admîr yr curij,” wn rout.
Dspt hiz loyl folowñ, Woñ’z s’port fr Ycren ćefs wɖ ɖ naṛtiv ɖt Ćîna z inforsñ on its sitiznz bac hom. Ćînīz stetmīdia hz rportd atroṣtiz in ɖ tǎn v Būća rlịr ɖs wīc az a “śo” ɖ Ycreńn sîd wz ptñ on fr ɖ wst, n larjli portrez Ruśa az a victim in ɖ conflict.
Ɖ sspnśn foloud wīcs v haṛsmnt v hiz faṃlimembrz in Ćîna n ɖ dliśn v hiz WiĆat acǎnt in mid-Marć. “Ẃt r y scerd v? Z mî vôs riyli ɖt teṛfayñ?” Woñ sd in a vidio adresñ WiĆat’s dliśn v hiz acǎnt.
