[Eyes and ears everywhere, both in #Hongkong and overseas]
1. Four months after #nationalsecuritylaw has become effective, #hkpolice plans to launch a new national security hotline to gather intelligence from the public via SMS, #WeChat and #Line.https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3107489/hong-kong-police-launch-national-security-hotline …
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2. As the law covers foreign nationals, overseas behaviours & speeches, the new hotline will be a threat to foreign investors & ex-pats. No matter where you're, your private conversations, business chats, social media posts or school lectures can be reported via this new hotline.
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3. By putting “eyes and ears everywhere”, the hotline can also be used for business retaliation, by encouraging citizens snitching on each other & cooking up charges against business competitors, just like what happened during
#China’s#CulturalRevolution.https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-sign-of-resistance-chinese-balk-at-using-apps-to-snitch-on-neighbors-1514566110 …8 replies 107 retweets 254 likesShow this thread
4. Even now, teachers in China are reprimanded after students report them for questioning the governance of #Xijinping during lectures.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/01/world/asia/china-student-informers.html …
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