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#JimmyLai, the #HongKong pro-#democracy #media mogul who spent decades as a defiant thorn in Beijing’s side, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison, the harshest penalty ever handed down for a “national security” offense in the semiautonomous territory.

The landmark ruling completes a yearslong effort by Beijing to dismantle the influence of a man it blamed for masterminding Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement.

#law #journalism #authoritarianism #China
nytimes.com/live/2026/02/08/wo…


This week's comic: "Polarization" is a reality-obscuring weasel word

#media #journalism #authoritarianism


Either lock it down completely, or give the keys to the regime you're doing business with, but don't leave a backdoor for any opportunist on the planet to walk through.

Get it together.

thehackernews.com/2021/05/how-…

#privacy #cyberSecurity #authoritarianism


He knows the behaviour well.
#Canada #Authoritarianism
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/ar…


This is what authoritarians do. This is what dictators and tinpot tyrants do. This is what Putin does. This is what Stalin did, before doing worse, but also worse. This is what Hitler did, before doing worse. Doing worse is next.

#uspol #authoritarianism #fascism