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You may have seen headlines about the National Security Law being passed in Hong Kong last week. It's already had an effect since then, not all of the consequences deemed worthy of an international headline. THREAD!
(to be updated as things happen & I'm told what I forgot)
(to be updated as things happen & I'm told what I forgot)
1) Before the law went into effect, Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, Nathan Law & Jeffery Ngo preemptively left their party Demosisto, which subsequently dissolved https://hongkongfp.com/2020/06/30/breaking-joshua-wongs-pro-democracy-group-demosisto-disbands-hours-after-hong-kong-security-law-passed/
2) Before the law went into effect, several explicitly pro-independence groups announced they would stop their operations in Hong Kong
3) Before the law went into effect, many Hongkongers scrubbed, deleted and/or anonymised their social media accounts to avoid getting into legal trouble once the law they had still not seen went into force
4) Before the law went into effect, activist/politician Nathan Law left Hong Kong, assuming he would never be able to return if he continued his activism abroad https://twitter.com/nathanlawkc/status/1278737720865669120
5) On July 1, less than 24 hours after the law went into effect, police arrested several women, including a 15 y/o, for subversion because they had subversive stickers and flags on them https://twitter.com/hkpoliceforce/status/1278278802565509121
6) At the same protest, police raised a new flag warning people e.g. that they were chanting slogans or "conducting [themselves] with an intent such as secession or subversion" & that they might be prosecuted https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/world/asia/hong-kong-purple-flag.html
7) On July 2, the Hong Kong Government declared that the protest slogan "Liberate HK, Revolution of our Times" (just quoting the HKSAR government here) connoted separatism and/or subversion https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202007/02/P2020070200869.htm
8) On July 3, a pro-democracy cafe was reportedly told that hanging up protest posters inside the cafe constituted subversion & many others took down all their posters & colorful Lennon Walls https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/05/world/asia/hong-kong-security-law.html
9) On July 3, some people noted that the political satire "Headliner", which was taken off the air recently, removed several of their episodes on Youtube and re-uploaded shorter versions, seemingly with some politically controversial parts removed https://twitter.com/HKGTranslator/status/1279035710872395777
10) On July 4, Hong Kong public libraries removed several "subversive" books from their shelves https://twitter.com/vwang3/status/1279404197289422849
11) Police reportedly collected the DNA of the ten people arrested for breaching the National Security Law at the July 1 protest https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/05/world/asia/hong-kong-security-law.html
12) On July 8, the Education Bureau tells schools to review & remove books breaching the National Security Law https://twitter.com/JeromeTaylor/status/1280148420880027649
13) On July 8, the HK government invoked the NSL to expand powers of police, including entering premises without a warrant, intercepting communication & requesting ISPs remove (censor?) information in breach of the law https://twitter.com/alvinllum/status/1280119788501528576
14) On July 8, Telegram, Facebook, Whatsapp & Twitter announce they will temporarily refuse any requests for data from Hong Kong authorities https://twitter.com/paulmozur/status/1280163693641125888
15) On July 8th, Hong Kong Police used the purple flag to warn people holding up blank pieces of paper that they were acting, chanting or holding banners subversively https://twitter.com/tomgrundy/status/1280139001047822336
(Typo correction: 12-15 happened on July 6, not July 8)
