Controversy surrounding the September 2021 office actions launched by Wikimedia Foundation

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In September 13, 2021, Maggie Dennis, the Wikimedia Foundation's Vice President of Community Resilience & Sustainability at the time, announced that they have banned seven users and desysopped a further twelve after "long and deep investigations into activities around some members of the unrecognized group Wikimedians of Mainland China" (WMC). The statement and the following actions have caused controversy among the Chinese Wikipedia community.

Background
Wikimedians of Mainland China (WMC) is an unrecognized Wikimedia user group covers the geographic region of mainland China. Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong (WMHKG) is a recognized Wikimedia user group covering the geographic region of Hong Kong. The Wikipedians in mainland China and the Wikipedians in Hong Kong have history of multiple conflicts about the controversial articles, most notably the articles about the sensitive politics.

According to Hong Kong Free Press, several members of WMC has discussed collecting the sensitive information of Wikipedians in Hong Kong and report them to the Hong Kong national security police in their QQ chat group prior to the announcement of Wikimedia Foundation. WMHKG, in response, contacted the Wikimedia Foundations' Trust and Safety team for the security concern. There are claims suggesting that the incident is a "conspiracy against the Wikipedians in mainland China" and accusing media outlets such as HKFP of being "political-motivated sources".

Statement and actions
In September 13, 2021, Maggie Dennis, the the Wikimedia Foundation's Vice President of Community Resilience & Sustainability at the time, announced that they have banned seven users and desysopped a further twelve after “long and deep investigations into activities around some members of the unrecognized group Wikimedians of Mainland China" (WMC). The announcement highlights that "The security risk relates to information about infiltration of Wikimedia systems, including positions with access to personally identifiable information and elected bodies of influence" and the actions is "a second phase of addressing infiltration concerns" because Wikimedia Foundation has previously changed its non-disclosure agreements. (NDA)

Reactions
Wikimedia Foundation's actions have been reported by media outlets such as BBC.

The reactions of Wikimedia Foundation in Chinese Wikipedia community are mostly divided. Wikimedia Taiwan has issued a statement which welcomes Wikimedia Foundation's actions. Qiuwen, the outlet of WMC, has issued a statement called "Cast Away Illusions, Prepare For Struggle — WMC's First Open Letter on the Recent Office Action" in September 14, 2021, accuses Wikimedia Foundation of having "given up on mainland China" and encourages the Wikipedians in mainland China to take long-term actions against the decision of Wikimedia Foundation.