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I chose to respond to this article , which talks about how Chinese authorities have recently been cracking down on people "rumor mongering" over the internet. A recent uproar of protesting was caused by the arrest of a 16 year old boy by Chinese authorities. The boy had questioned the cause of death of a man who fell out of a the building of a karaoke club. Authorities claimed it was a suicide, however the boy, named Yang Zhong, noted  that the club was owned y a local judicial official and the family of the man claims that he was beaten before being thrown off the building. Zhong was later arrested, which was followed by protesting in the streets. I wanted to respond to this article, making a statement about privacy on the internet and how it is freedom of expression is not always allowed, especially in China. I have some ideas that include taking a long exposure of a computer screen in a dark setting, similar to that of Hiroshi Sugimoto's work, but have a dark figure looming over the screen. I'd also like to play with illuminating lights being shined on subjects who seem oblivious to it though the light will be very obvious in the photo. I think it would be interesting to try showing normal, everyday scenes but with one subject seeming very out of place and looking suspicious or mysterious and watching the other subjects.