With hacks and cameras, Beijing’s electronic dragnet closes on Hong Kong
Paul Mozur, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 26 09:40 AM
Hong Kong security forces are turning to harsher tactics as they close a digital dragnet on activists, pro-democracy politicians and media leaders. Their approaches — which in the past month have included installing a camera outside the home of a prominent politician and breaking into the Facebook account of another — bear marked similarities to those long used by the fearsome domestic security forces in mainland China.
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