🚨 APEC Censorship Evidence Archive

Three Documented Incidents • October 2025

For Journalists & Investigators: This page contains interactive, timestamped evidence from X.com (formerly Twitter) documenting three separate censorship incidents targeting our APEC-related content during Korea's hosting of APEC Leaders' Week (October 27–November 1, 2025). All embeds link directly to live posts on X.com for independent verification.

📊 The Escalating Pattern

October 7 (20 days before APEC): APEC Secretariat likes our reply → 23 minutes later it becomes invisible under their post → Days later they unlike it (evidence cleanup)
October 28 (During APEC, Incident #1): Reply about Gyeongju WISE campus exploitation gets 35 views overnight (severe suppression)
October 28 (During APEC, Incident #2): Two-post thread about "trust" and institutional failures similarly suppressed

Result: Three separate attempts to silence criticism of Korea's governance failures during high-profile international summit in the same city we documented institutional exploitation.

📅 INCIDENT #1 • October 7, 2025 (20 days before APEC)

APEC Engagement → Suppression → Evidence Cleanup

Context:

We replied to APEC Secretariat's post about Korea's APEC hosting, raising concerns about governance transparency and student safety at Dongguk WISE campus in Gyeongju—the same city hosting APEC Leaders' Week.

What happened:

APEC Secretariat liked our reply (diplomatic engagement)
23 minutes later: Our reply became invisible under APEC's post (context-level suppression)
October 7-10: APEC removed their like (evidence cleanup)
Reply still exists via direct URL but diplomatic connection severed

📹 Interactive Evidence (X.com Embeds):

Thread documenting the October 7 suppression:

**BREAKING**: @APEC Secretariat liked our reply raising governance transparency and student safety concerns during Korea's hosting of APEC Leaders' Week.

Within hours: Our reply **disappeared from APEC's post** (severing the diplomatic connection) while remaining accessible… https://t.co/BED7gXYAS5 pic.twitter.com/v0FSxiLL33
— Gender Watchdog (@Gender_Watchdog) October 7, 2025

Timeline correction (23 minutes, not hours):

**CORRECTION: Timeline precision**

The suppression occurred **23 minutes** after APEC's like (not "hours"). We cannot definitively prove *who* triggered the suppression—could be X's automated systems, mass-reporting, or other mechanisms.

What we *can* prove: APEC engaged →…
— Gender Watchdog (@Gender_Watchdog) October 10, 2025

Additional Resources:
Timeline Entry → Evidence Archive (.wacz) → X.com Thread →

📅 INCIDENT #2 • October 28, 2025 (During APEC Leaders' Week)

APEC "Practical Solutions" Reply Suppressed

Context:

APEC Secretariat posted about "practical solutions to build a region that lifts everyone" during Leaders' Week in Gyeongju. We replied with documentation of Chinese students at Dongguk WISE campus (same city) experiencing forced housing with tourists, racist harassment, and admin non-response.

📊 Suppression Metrics:

Result: 35 views overnight
Conclusion: Severe suppression indicating shadow-ban or reply throttling

📹 Interactive Evidence (X.com Embed):

"Practical solutions that lift everyone"?

In Gyeongju right now, Chinese students at Dongguk WISE are documenting:
• Forced housing with tourists
• Racist harassment
• Admin ignoring complaints

Starting 2026: MANDATORY exploitative off-campus housing

Is this the "inclusive…
— Gender Watchdog (@Gender_Watchdog) October 28, 2025

Additional Resources:
Timeline Entry → Suppressed Reply → Original APEC Post →

📅 INCIDENT #3 • October 28, 2025 (During APEC Leaders' Week)

APEC "Trust Currency" Reply Thread Suppressed

Context:

APEC Secretariat posted: "Trust has become the Asia-Pacific's strongest currency." We replied with a two-post thread:

Post 1: References October 7 APEC like/suppress/unlike pattern + Korea's institutional failures (40% fake Canadian partnerships at Dongguk, criminal defamation law silencing survivors)
Post 2: Documents APEC Secretariat's Singapore headquarters and parallels between Singapore's two-tier migrant exploitation system and Korea's student exploitation

📊 Pattern Analysis:

This is now the third time APEC-related content has been suppressed (Oct 7, Oct 28 #1, Oct 28 #2), demonstrating systematic targeting of criticism during Korea's diplomatic showcase.

📹 Interactive Evidence (X.com Embed):

Our quote-tweet documenting the suppression:

APEC has suppressed another one of our reply posts, #2 after they liked -> suppressed -> unliked our previous post as described here: https://t.co/1HVTNlht5B

This incident will be added to our censorship and surveillance timeline at :https://t.co/AcVwxLzQ62 https://t.co/1becG3t0bu
— Gender Watchdog (@Gender_Watchdog) October 28, 2025

Additional Resources:
Timeline Entry → Suppressed Reply (Post 1) → Suppressed Reply (Post 2) → Original APEC Post →

📰 For Journalists & Investigators

Why This Matters:

Diplomatic timing: Escalating pattern timed to Korea's APEC hosting (Oct 7 → Oct 20 → Oct 25 → Oct 28)
Geographic specificity: APEC Leaders' Week held in Gyeongju—same city where we document Dongguk WISE campus exploitation
Cross-platform coordination: Part of broader 6-month surveillance and censorship campaign (DC Inside, Xiaohongshu, Substack, X.com, domain-level)
Press freedom implications: Systematic suppression of governance criticism during international diplomatic event

Complete Documentation:

Full 6-Month Censorship Timeline (June–October 2025)
Domain Blocking 48 Hours Before APEC
Surveillance Screenshot Archive (July 20–Oct 9, 2025)
Video Evidence Playlist (Screen recordings)

Contact Press Freedom Organizations:

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF): asie@rsf.org

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ): asia@cpj.org

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): info@eff.org

Access Now: help@accessnow.org