Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists Plead Guilty to Charge of ‘Unlawful Assembly’
“It has been obvious since the start that the charges. . . are a politically motivated attempt to silence the speech of some of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy activists.” More
DARE: The Follower Factory
The New York Times outlines how purchased fake followers on Twitter up their owners’ influence in the public dialogue and drown out other voices. More
Free Expression Digest: Mon., January 4
Hong Kong publisher disappearances prompt broader worries, Iran says U.S. wants prisoner-exchange deal for Jason Rezaian. More