National security law: Hong Kong internet firms ‘will have to comply’ with police requests Analysts say newly adopted law gives authorities unfettered power, raising concerns over online privacy July 3, 2020 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong...al-security-law-hong-kong-internet-firms-will
"Facebook, Google, Twitter halt review of Hong Kong requests for data Facebook, which also owns WhatsApp, said it would conduct a human rights review of the new national security law Internet giants including Facebook and Google said Monday they will stop reviewing requests from Hong Kong for user data while the companies evaluate a new national security law imposed on the city by the Chinese government..." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/06/facebook-hong-kong-law/
WhatsApp and Telegram won’t give Hong Kong user data to Chinese authorities in response to ‘easily abused’ security law July 6, 2020 https://fortune.com/2020/07/06/facebook-whatsapp-telegram-hong-kong-user-data-privacy-china/
"Hong Kong Security Law Sets Stage for Global Internet Fight... Based on the law, the Hong Kong authorities have the remit to dictate the way people around the world talk about the city’s contested politics. A Facebook employee could potentially be arrested in Hong Kong if the company failed to hand over user data on someone based in the United States who Chinese authorities deemed a threat to national security... If Facebook refuses to give national security data, its service may be terminated in Hong Kong, and it will lose access to the Hong Kong market..." https://dnyuz.com/2020/07/07/hong-kong-security-law-sets-stage-for-global-internet-fight/
Zoom suspends data requests from Hong Kong gov’t over national security law concerns July 7, 2020 https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/07/b...ong-govt-over-national-security-law-concerns/
Chinese government builds new Great Firewall around Hong Kong July 6, 2020 https://protonmail.com/blog/china-censorship-hong-kong/
"Hongkongers, spooked by Beijing’s new national security law, are scrubbing their digital footprints... Internet users worried of falling afoul of the new law are using encrypted messaging apps, scrubbing their social media posts and installing VPN software..." https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/ar...jings-new-national-security-law-are-scrubbing
Hong Kong grappling with future under national security law July 7, 2020 https://apnews.com/90bf106390881e00c514b979be9ce46d
U.S. tech giants face hard choices under Hong Kong's new security law July 8, 2020 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...der-hong-kongs-new-security-law-idUSKBN2491I4
Hong Kong Is Already Being Censored by China’s “Great Firewall” July 7, 2020 https://futurism.com/the-byte/hong-kong-being-censored-chinas-great-firewall
Hong Kong downloads of Signal surge as residents fear crackdown July 8, 2020 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...-of-signal-surge-as-residents-fear-crackdown/
It's good to see some countries taking in Honk Kongers. The Chinese government has gone mad threatening countries lately.
"VPN Providers [Private Internet Access and TunnelBear] Disable Servers in Hong Kong to Protect Users from China's Security Law Private Internet Access and TunnelBear fear their VPN servers could be confiscated in the event Chinese authorities use the new law to seize them... Hong Kong-based users will still be able to connect to both VPN services. In TunnelBear's case, the provider is scaling up its VPN operations in Singapore and Japan to offset the loss of the Hong Kong server.... Private Internet Access's VPN servers collect no logs on user activity. Nevertheless, Private Internet Access indicated it was taking a stand for digital privacy...TunnelBear also said it stores no users’ personal identifiable information over the servers...The only sensitive information stored over the machines are “configuration related keys,” which TunnelBear wants to protect..." https://www.pcmag.com/news/vpn-providers-disable-servers-in-hong-kong-to-protect-users-from-chinas
South Korea's largest web company pulls its data centers from Hong Kong The company said the national security law was part of the decision July 21, 2020 https://www.engadget.com/naver-hong-kong-security-law-120547523.html
Google stops responding directly to data requests from Hong Kong government Facebook, Google and Twitter suspended processing government requests for user data in Hong Kong in July August 14, 2020 https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/hong-kong-national-security-law-google-data-requests-1.5686137
Apple opens up — slightly — on Hong Kong’s national security law September 5, 2020 https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/05/apple-hong-kong-national-security/