Digital Disobedient In Digital Realm: The Hong Kong Way And Its Struggle

Hong Kong is in turmoil in the past 14 months, rocked by police brutality and authoritarianism. In this webinar, Johnson will give his first-hand account of the tactics protestors use for resistance, which created one of the largest decentralized resistance in the past decade. As the pandemic inevitably halt many protest activities, retaliation from the regime has occurred at an alarming pace. Citizens found themselves caught in a draconian national security law, which allows the government to criminalize activist activities online and implements mass surveillance programs in every aspect of life. Telegram was once a vibrant space where decentralized protest actions are disseminated and mobilized and have become a major target by the Hong Kong secret police. The capabilities of government are outpacing citizens, how should we narrow the gap and resist effectively? What are the threats to resistance in the digital realm, and how should we retake what is ours? The speaker has no good answer to these questions, instead, he wants to offer a space where we can build power together, and reclaim the freedom we entitled to.