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A democratic society should be a bustling marketplace of voices, where opinions are as varied as goods on display for choice. But sometimes, this market quietly changes; vendors disappear one by one, leaving only a single voice echoing. This change doesn't happen overnight, just as history tells us—the arrival of totalitarianism is always lurking in the cracks of daily life before people perceive it.
This article reports on the 'Taipei Songren Road Ground Crack' fake news that went viral after the Hualien earthquake on April 18, 2019. The CIB's Cyber Crime Metropolitan Detachment referred a man surnamed Wang and a female netizen surnamed Lai for prosecution under the Social Order Maintenance Act. In a short commentary, the author strongly criticizes the Tsai Ing-wen government for recklessly amending laws to stop political opponents, leading to a 'chilling effect' even in 'non-malicious' cases. The article questions whether people will still dare to speak up about natural disasters or emergencies if publicly sharing what they see could lead to penalties, concluding sarcastically by 'praising Tsai Ing-wen.'