China has unveiled new powers to censor Hong Kong's internet and access user data using its feared national security law -- but US tech giants have put up some resistance citing rights concerns.
Nov 17, 2018 · The Hong Kong government is by far the biggest censor, doing much of the bidding of the Communist Party for it, but the Party itself has not hesitated to involve itself directly in censorship Jun 12, 2020 · To avoid escalating local and geopolitical conflicts around Hong Kong’s national security law, mainland Chinese authorities will proceed cautiously on content censorship within Hong Kong but China has unveiled new powers to censor Hong Kong's internet and access user data using its feared national security law -- but US tech giants have put up some resistance citing rights concerns. The Hong Kong protests began in June in response to an extradition bill that would have subjected Hong Kong residents to China's rule of law; in effect jeopardizing the civil and political rights
China has unveiled new powers to censor Hong Kong's internet and access user data using its feared national security law -- but US tech giants have put up some resistance citing rights concerns.
These are dark days for Hong Kong. On July 6, in the middle of the night, Hong Kong’s governing body effectively destroyed the idea of an autonomous, democratic Hong Kong by imposing a series of measures designed to eliminate privacy, sharpen censorship, and curb freedom of speech. China censors Hong Kong internet, U.S. tech giants resist Online censorship plans include giving authorities the ability to control and remove online information, seize equipment of internet firms,
Angus Wong Chun Yiu/via REUTERS HONG KONG: Hong Kong's government may censor the Internet in a bid to contain months of increasingly violent protests, a Cabinet member said Monday (Oct 7), after an
Nov 01, 2019 · Hong Kong has been dealt its first ruling that censors the internet after a court order was issued banning certain online messages. On Oct. 31, Hong Kong’s High Court issued an interim One writer managed to keep a photo from the Hong Kong protests up on WeChat, but only after adding brushstrokes and flipping it sideways. China's approach to internet censorship parallels its Jul 07, 2020 · Hours after Hong Kong announced sweeping new powers to police the internet on Monday night, those companies plus the likes of Microsoft Corp. and Zoom Video Communications Inc. all suspended