Insecurity, Governance: Hong Kong Internet Policing

Insecurity, Governance: Hong Kong Internet Policing

Globlisation has a far-reaching implication for modern society. The development of communication technologies, particularly the Internet technologies leads to the reduction of temporal and spatial constraints on social processes100. The discourse about the destruction of the distance view of globalisation implicates the reconfiguration of the society taking place not merely on the level of local relations but also of place in ways that late modern social and criminological inquiries are beginning to realise. However, the impact and implications of the above has experienced differently in various places across the world, including Hong Kong. This paper will examine the Hong Kong contemporary social life which the level uncertainty, insecurity and diversity is co-existing and intensifying with concerns about safety. The paper will also discuss the ways of the Hong Kong police governs and manages the risk of insecurity imposed upon by the introduction of the Internet into its social life.