The short-form video app is owned by the Beijing tech giant ByteDance and has been eager to show that people can trust it with their personal data. ( read original story ...)
Here’s how big tech companies like Facebook, Google, and TikTok are reacting to Hong Kong’s harsh new national security law
Facebook, Twitter, Google, and other major tech companies announced they are pausing data processing requests from authorities in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
In Hong Kong, a Proxy Battle Over Internet Freedom Begins
As the city grapples with new restrictions on online speech, American tech giants are on the front line of a clash between China and the United States over the internet’s future. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong security law is not doom and gloom but is a red line, leader says
Hong Kong's national security law does not spell "doom and gloom", its leader said on Tuesday, as she tried to calm unease over legislation that critics say could quash freedoms that have underpinned ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong steps in to weaken the local dollar, as hot money inflows defy doomsday talk of capital flight after China’s security law
The episode shows how the inflow of money into Hong Kong continues to defy doomsday speculations of capital flight. Some high-net-worth individuals are switching out of their US-dollar holdings and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong shares retreat as investors book profits
HSI financials sub-index 1.2% lower; property sector down 2.4% July 7 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares fell on Tuesday as a rally that pushed the city’s benchmark index sharply higher over four days lost ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong grappling with future under national security law
Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam offered scant reassurance Tuesday over a new national security law that critics say undermines liberties and legal protections promised when ... ( read original story ...)
TikTok to quit Hong Kong mobile market ‘within days’
ByteDance, the world’s most valuable startup, operates some of the most popular social ... and news venues for a similar number of Chinese. TikTok said its Hong Kong exit could occur within days. “In ... ( read original story ...)
Red line of Hong Kong security law is not “doom and gloom,” city leader says
Hong Kong's national security law imposed by Beijing last week was not "doom and gloom" for the city, its leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday, adding it was untrue to say she was not privy to any of its ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese-Owned TikTok Pulls App From Hong Kong Mobile Stores Amid National Security Law
TikTok, which has insisted it operates independently of Beijing despite its Chinese ownership, may be able to argue the withdrawal is a move to escape requests to censor content or share user data ... ( read original story ...)
TikTok to Withdraw From Hong Kong as Tech Giants Halt Data Requests
Google, Facebook and Twitter said they were reviewing China’s punitive new national security law for the city, a rare public questioning of Chinese policy by major American tech companies. ( read original story ...)
Tuesday briefing: Arrest if you challenge Hong Kong laws, says Carrie Lam
Bookshelves purged and Tik Tok pulls out … Melbourne, Australia put in six-week Covid-19 lockdown … ode to devilishly good fiddle player ... ( read original story ...)
TikTok is leaving Hong Kong following controversial national security law
TikTok said it will exit the Hong Kong market, joining other popular social media platforms expressing unease after China imposed a controversial national security law on the city. ( read original story ...)
TikTok is quitting the Hong Kong market over free speech concerns
TikTok says it's pulling out of the Hong Kong market in the wake of a controversial new security law that will require tech companies to hand over user data. ( read original story ...)