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From Endless Thread: When the government wants your socials

2025/6/21
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Anne-Marie Sievertson: 本期节目关注香港的抗议历史以及对社交媒体的镇压如何对政治讨论和异议产生寒蝉效应。在香港国安法实施后，社交媒体成为了政治活动的重要平台，但也面临着前所未有的挑战和限制。该法律对香港的言论自由和政治生态产生了深远的影响，导致了广泛的自我审查和政治组织的解散。 Jeffrey Ngo: 作为一名亲历者，我亲身经历了香港从一个自由的抗议之城到如今的转变。国安法的实施使香港的政治环境急剧恶化，人们因为害怕触犯法律而不敢在社交媒体上发表政治观点。曾经活跃的社交媒体平台如今变得沉默，许多政治组织被迫解散。我离开了Democisto，因为该法案的范围太广，无法继续运作。这种恐惧和不确定性导致了广泛的自我审查，改变了香港的社会和政治生态。即使身在海外，我也感受到这种影响，曾经推动我行动的在线政治言论现在变得安静了，因为我在家乡的朋友害怕说话。尽管情况变得更糟，但我仍然相信历史总体上朝着更人性的方向发展。

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This chapter explores Jeffrey Ngo's early experiences with activism, starting from his participation in the 2003 protests against Article 23 at the age of seven. It details the impact of these protests on his political identity and how they led him to become an activist organizer.
  • Jeffrey Ngo's first experience with large-scale protests in Hong Kong was at age seven during the 2003 protests against Article 23.
  • The 2003 protests were significant because they marked the first large-scale protest in Hong Kong after the handover to China.
  • These early experiences significantly shaped Jeffrey's political identity and activism, leading him to leave Hong Kong and continue his activism abroad.

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Recently, On Point explored how Hong Kong has changed five years after China passed its so-called national security law and vastly diminished protest and free speech in Hong Kong.

Our colleagues at WBUR’s podcast Endless Thread also took a look at this law. Specifically, how it changed how people in Hong Kong interact digitally — on social media, and in text messages.

What happens to online speech when you're unsure how much the government is monitoring your speech, and what the repercussions will be if they don't like it?

And if you want to hear more Endless Thread, you can follow our podcast wherever you follow *On Point. * Show notes:

	- PROFILE: For Jeffrey Ngo, The Fight For Hong Kong is Far From Over)(The Hoya)

	- Social Media and the Hong Kong Protests) (The New Yorker)

	- Hong Kong protesters join hands in 30-mile human chain) (The Guardian)

	- Hong Kong national security law: What is it and is it worrying?) (BBC)