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You may have seen headlines about the National Security Law being passed in Hong Kong last week. It& #39;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& #39;m told what I forgot)
(to be updated as things happen & I& #39;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/">https://hongkongfp.com/2020/06/3...
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">https://twitter.com/nathanlaw...
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">https://twitter.com/hkpolicef...
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">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/0...
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">https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/gener...
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">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/0...
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">https://twitter.com/HKGTransl...
10) On July 4, Hong Kong public libraries removed several "subversive" books from their shelves https://twitter.com/vwang3/status/1279404197289422849">https://twitter.com/vwang3/st...
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">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/0...
12) On July 8, the Education Bureau tells schools to review & remove books breaching the National Security Law https://twitter.com/JeromeTaylor/status/1280148420880027649">https://twitter.com/JeromeTay...
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">https://twitter.com/alvinllum...
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">https://twitter.com/paulmozur...
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">https://twitter.com/tomgrundy...
(Typo correction: 12-15 happened on July 6, not July 8)
