sedition

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In late 2021, prominent online outlet Stand News also shut down, and its former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen eventually received a 21-month jail sentence for sedition.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Third, retired officers can be court-martialed for sedition.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

The penalty for treason can be death and for sedition up to 20 years in prison.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

Benjamin Franklin’s 1773 “Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One” used irony to lampoon British policy, undermining authority while avoiding direct flouting of the era’s harsh sedition laws.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

That information led to Hickey’s court martial for “mutiny, sedition, and treachery.”

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen