When a government starts treating basic reporting as criminal conduct, it’s not “law and order.” It’s a warning shot.
It says: “If you document us, we can come for you.” It says: “If you publish what people in power don’t want seen, we can reframe journalism as disruption.”
And it trains everyone else—witnesses, bystanders, everyday people with a phone—to think twice before filming, before speaking, before sharing.
This is NOT how Democracy looks like.
