Prime Minister Hudayar: Tech Censorship, Boycott of Beijing Olympics, East Turkistan Gov in Exile

I sit down with Salih Hudayar, Prime Minister of the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile. The East Turkistan Government-in-Exile claims to be the sole representation of East Turkistan and its people on the international stage. East Turkestan is an area annexed by the People's Republic of China in 1949 and is officially recognized as the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region despite The East Turkistan Government in Exile's calls on the U.S. and other governments to recognize East Turkistan.  

I talked with Salih about his journey establishing the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile and the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Xinjiang region. We spoke about how platforms and big tech have impacted communications and organization of the Uyghur people in both positive and negative ways. Hudayar gives us some examples of the double standards he's seen when using monopolized tech offers such as Facebook ads and we comment on a short list of tech companies that have been deemed unsafe for use by political figures like Salih, some examples being Zoom and TikTok.  

Despite the extremely serious nature of what is taking place in East Turkistan/Xinjiang, we do find some reasons to be optimistic and hopeful about progress. Salih notes that Google translate has added the Uyghur language and we speak about the growing population of Americans, and citizens globally, who have become familiar and supportive of Prime Minister Hudayar's mission for East Turkistan.

00:00 - Subscribe and Fight Big Tech
00:31 - What and where is East Turkistan?
03:50 - How does a Government-in-Exile start?
06:13 - How has media/tech coverage been on what's happening in Xinjiang?
07:52 - Is your voice being muted by big tech?
09:03 - Facebook's double standard
09:32 - Why do you avoid using Zoom?
10:04 - Censorship on TikTok
11:21 - Experience with 50 cent army bots
12:57 - The information war
15:51 - Positive moves from big tech
18:33 - Boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics
22:25 - Support from the people
28:08 Enes Kanter Speaking out
29:35 - How can viewers/listeners help?
31:32 - Does this come directly from the top?
35:25 - Thank you for joining us!  

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Originally Aired: 02/04/22 #Interview #LeastWatchedOlympics #Uyghurs—