lokman tsui
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writer, recovering academic, amateur activist, with a focus on free speech, new technologies, and hong kong. fellow @citizenlab.ca. he/him. writing a personal history of home and authoritarianism.
“Blaming the bamboo scaffolding is probably very stupid on the part of the government,” said Tsang. “It will create the impression that the government is trying to distract attention rather than confront the real issue of what really caused the fire.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Hong Kong apartment fire tests Beijing-backed rule as anger mounts
With elections looming, the fire undercuts the government’s insistence it can cater to people’s needs without giving them a greater say in who rules the city.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“Blaming the bamboo scaffolding is probably very stupid on the part of the government,” said Tsang. “It will create the impression that the government is trying to distract attention rather than confront the real issue of what really caused the fire.”
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Hong Kongers express their solidarity with the victims of the Tai Po fire by writing words of encouragement and sympathy on Post-It notes. An act that disappeared since 2019 but apparently remain unforgotten since then.
November 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Hong Kongers express their solidarity with the victims of the Tai Po fire by writing words of encouragement and sympathy on Post-It notes. An act that disappeared since 2019 but apparently remain unforgotten since then.
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This 2024 post from the DAB’s Peggy Wong is quickly becoming infamous.
In it, the pro-Beijing district councillor dismisses fire safety concerns about the Wang Fuk work as malicious rumours misleading the public, and accuses the Democratic Party of “provocatively live-streaming “ from the scene.
In it, the pro-Beijing district councillor dismisses fire safety concerns about the Wang Fuk work as malicious rumours misleading the public, and accuses the Democratic Party of “provocatively live-streaming “ from the scene.
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
This 2024 post from the DAB’s Peggy Wong is quickly becoming infamous.
In it, the pro-Beijing district councillor dismisses fire safety concerns about the Wang Fuk work as malicious rumours misleading the public, and accuses the Democratic Party of “provocatively live-streaming “ from the scene.
In it, the pro-Beijing district councillor dismisses fire safety concerns about the Wang Fuk work as malicious rumours misleading the public, and accuses the Democratic Party of “provocatively live-streaming “ from the scene.
International media, you can do better than this.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
International media, you can do better than this.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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powerful piece. how, in hong kong, silence can be deafening.
"Even laughter feels different now."
www.dw.com/en/hong-kong...
"Even laughter feels different now."
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Hong Kong: Young activists suffer in silence – DW – 11/25/2025
Five years after a Beijing-imposed national security law reshaped Hong Kong, two young ex-prisoners discover a freedom defined by an unsettling silence.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
powerful piece. how, in hong kong, silence can be deafening.
"Even laughter feels different now."
www.dw.com/en/hong-kong...
"Even laughter feels different now."
www.dw.com/en/hong-kong...
This is fantastic. I just enabled this on Signal Desktop, under Settings --> Chats.
Now on Desktop: Customizable chat folders
Keep healthy boundaries between friends & family or work & leisure.
Filter 1-on-1 and group chats, put all of your unread messages one place, or make project-specific folders for related chats.
Settings > Chats
Or right-click any chat
Keep healthy boundaries between friends & family or work & leisure.
Filter 1-on-1 and group chats, put all of your unread messages one place, or make project-specific folders for related chats.
Settings > Chats
Or right-click any chat
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is fantastic. I just enabled this on Signal Desktop, under Settings --> Chats.
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Asia Spotlight is live! 🌏
This new series from our Young Writers Committee @youngwriterspen.bsky.social features voices from Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, and more, exploring censorship and resilience through personal reflections.
Read the full overview ⬇️
tomorrowclub.world/spotlights/s...
This new series from our Young Writers Committee @youngwriterspen.bsky.social features voices from Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, and more, exploring censorship and resilience through personal reflections.
Read the full overview ⬇️
tomorrowclub.world/spotlights/s...
Spotlight: Asia
tomorrowclub.world
October 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Asia Spotlight is live! 🌏
This new series from our Young Writers Committee @youngwriterspen.bsky.social features voices from Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, and more, exploring censorship and resilience through personal reflections.
Read the full overview ⬇️
tomorrowclub.world/spotlights/s...
This new series from our Young Writers Committee @youngwriterspen.bsky.social features voices from Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, and more, exploring censorship and resilience through personal reflections.
Read the full overview ⬇️
tomorrowclub.world/spotlights/s...
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Who can take advantage of the DSA’s protections for researchers? Daphne Keller considers three categories: academics who receive access to internal platform data, the broader class of researchers who may use publicly available data, and researchers whose data collection is not covered by the DSA.
Determining Which Researchers Can Collect Public Data Under the DSA | TechPolicy.Press
The DSA opens important opportunities for researchers collecting publicly available data, but leaves key questions unresolved, writes Daphne Keller.
www.techpolicy.press
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Who can take advantage of the DSA’s protections for researchers? Daphne Keller considers three categories: academics who receive access to internal platform data, the broader class of researchers who may use publicly available data, and researchers whose data collection is not covered by the DSA.
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China's Cyberspace Administration (CAC) announced on September 22 the launch of a two-month campaign to curb content that incites antagonism and violence, and amplifies pessimistic and negative sentiments.
China’s Cyberspace Administration is suppressing ‘pessimistic and negative sentiments’ online
China's Cyberspace Administration (CAC) announced on September 22 the launch of a two-month campaign to curb content that incites antagonism and violence, and amplifies pessimistic and negative sentiments.
globalvoices.org
October 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
China's Cyberspace Administration (CAC) announced on September 22 the launch of a two-month campaign to curb content that incites antagonism and violence, and amplifies pessimistic and negative sentiments.
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You may have heard about UK ministers' plan to double to 10 years the time needed to reached settled status in the UK. But did you realise that it threatened access to pensions for the 180,000 people who came from Hong Kong on the UK government's visa scheme? My dispatch: www.ft.com/content/8b91...
UK Hongkongers rue the rockiness of their ‘lifeboat’ after threatened visa changes
People who fled Chinese territory are angry after London looks at doubling length of time required to gain citizenship
www.ft.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:21 AM
You may have heard about UK ministers' plan to double to 10 years the time needed to reached settled status in the UK. But did you realise that it threatened access to pensions for the 180,000 people who came from Hong Kong on the UK government's visa scheme? My dispatch: www.ft.com/content/8b91...
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PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
how dutch parties vote on china issues
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
how dutch parties vote on china issues
i want to believe this was done on purpose. 😄🙃
October 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
i want to believe this was done on purpose. 😄🙃
“The FCC will continue to safeguard America’s networks against penetration from foreign adversaries, like China.”
I guess for the FCC there is not much difference between Hong Kong Telecom and China Telecom at this point.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/u...
I guess for the FCC there is not much difference between Hong Kong Telecom and China Telecom at this point.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/u...
FCC moves to expel one of Hong Kong’s largest telco companies from U.S. networks
The U.S. has taken steps to block one of Hong Kong’s largest phone companies from accessing the country's domestic telecom networks over national security concerns.
www.cnbc.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
“The FCC will continue to safeguard America’s networks against penetration from foreign adversaries, like China.”
I guess for the FCC there is not much difference between Hong Kong Telecom and China Telecom at this point.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/u...
I guess for the FCC there is not much difference between Hong Kong Telecom and China Telecom at this point.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/u...
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This great investigation by @jacksapoch.bsky.social is more evidence of the capability and willingness by the Israeli military to widely use sophisticated manipulations to advance communication objectives.
What we showed last week with PRISONBREAK is a piece of a much bigger influence puzzle.
What we showed last week with PRISONBREAK is a piece of a much bigger influence puzzle.
October 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This great investigation by @jacksapoch.bsky.social is more evidence of the capability and willingness by the Israeli military to widely use sophisticated manipulations to advance communication objectives.
What we showed last week with PRISONBREAK is a piece of a much bigger influence puzzle.
What we showed last week with PRISONBREAK is a piece of a much bigger influence puzzle.
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Last week, a Dutch court ordered Meta to give Facebook & Instagram users the right to set a chronological feed by default - one of the first EU cases applying the DSA in civil proceedings.
To unpack what this means, I spoke with @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social:
www.techpolicy.press/what-a-dutch...
To unpack what this means, I spoke with @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social:
www.techpolicy.press/what-a-dutch...
What a Dutch Court Ruling Against Meta Signals for Private DSA Enforcement | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press spoke with Rejo Zenger, Policy and Advocacy Lead at Bits of Freedom, to better understand the significance of the ruling.
www.techpolicy.press
October 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Last week, a Dutch court ordered Meta to give Facebook & Instagram users the right to set a chronological feed by default - one of the first EU cases applying the DSA in civil proceedings.
To unpack what this means, I spoke with @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social:
www.techpolicy.press/what-a-dutch...
To unpack what this means, I spoke with @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social:
www.techpolicy.press/what-a-dutch...
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1/ NEW REPORT: “We Say You Want a Revolution” - An AI-Enabled Influence Operation Aimed at Overthrowing the Iranian Regime. We call it PRISONBREAK. Keep reading to find out why.
THREAD 🧵
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We Say You Want a Revolution: PRISONBREAK - An AI-Enabled Influence Operation Aimed at Overthrowing the Iranian Regime - The Citizen Lab
We investigate a coordinated network of inauthentic X accounts that is spreading AI-generated content to induce revolt in Iran. The network has been active since 2023, but increased activity during th...
https://citizenlab.ca/2025/10/ai-enabled-io-aimed-at-overthrowing-iranian-regime]
October 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
1/ NEW REPORT: “We Say You Want a Revolution” - An AI-Enabled Influence Operation Aimed at Overthrowing the Iranian Regime. We call it PRISONBREAK. Keep reading to find out why.
THREAD 🧵
THREAD 🧵
imagine being responsible for free expression at one of these companies.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
YouTube Bends the Knee
Welcome to the era of Big-Tech capitulation.
www.theatlantic.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
imagine being responsible for free expression at one of these companies.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
www.404media.co
September 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
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In case you missed it: an essential piece from Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò from earlier this week:
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
In case you missed it: an essential piece from Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò from earlier this week:
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
