Do you think this Flickr picture is indecent? The Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority (TELA) and the Obscene Articles Tribunal (OAT) of Hong Kong argue that it is, and are ready to prosecute Oiwan Lam over it. Oiwan Lam is a Hong Kong wo…

However, the recent cases in regulating the internet, including the Di-diney case (a person claim that he would bomb up di-diney), some self-claimed triad society member cases, obscene hyperlink cases, etc. the whole package is a like restoration of “objectionable publication” which equalized “speeches” in the internet to “acts”.

Moreover, the control over internet is even harsher and more intimidating. If a newspapers or magazine committed such kind of “crime”, the government or police will send them a letter, or at most go to the office for investigation. In the case of internet users, the police gets the permit to enter their house and search over their living space. Individual is more vulnerable to state violence, they usually choose to plead guilty without defending themselves as the court/lawyer fee and time will probably end up more than the fine if they plead guilty.