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impracticable to bring proceedings against each of the wrongdoers.
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much more effective way to safeguard national security in such
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circumstances is to ask the IPOs to stop facilitating the acts being carried
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out on their platforms, to break the circuit as submitted by Mr Yu.
Although the IPOs have not taken part in these proceedings, they have
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indicated that they are ready to accede to the Government’s request if there
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is a court order.
The injunction is therefore necessary.
For
completeness, it should be noted that the evidence before us does not
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indicate that the IPOs have concerns over or difficulties in complying with
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the injunction.
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The Judge considered that education might be more effective
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in remedying the public’s misconceptions about broadcasting etc of the
Song.
As seen, education is one of the tools to be deployed for
safeguarding national security under the multi-pronged approach in the
NSL.
Its primary purpose is to instil in the public values and norms for
national security.
It will help dispel the public’s misconception about
broadcasting etc of the Song, but that will take time.
However, as
explained, in terms of a forceful, immediate response to aid the criminal
law in tackling the damage and threats to national security caused by the 4
Acts and the public misconceptions, injunction, as a preventive measure
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backed by the regime for contempt, is clearly more effective than
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education.
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We finally come to the terms of the injunction.
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For the prohibition of the 4 Acts, accepting that the injunction
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should not be wider than the criminal law, Mr Yu agrees with our
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observation that in respect of the NAO, the prohibition should be revised
to address misrepresentation of the Song as the national anthem insofar as
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