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Work-from-home plans are all the buzz as businesses adapt to a new normal amid the Covid-19 pandemic. But in Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo, such arrangements may not gain long-term traction as space ... ( read original story ...)

"In light of recent events, we've decided to stop operations of the TikTok app in Hong Kong," a spokesman told the BBC. The company's exit from the city will come "within days," according to the ... ( read original story ...)

My colleague Paul Mozur wrote about Facebook, Google, Facebook-owned WhatsApp, Twitter and some other digital companies’ saying they would temporarily stop handing over people’s information when the ... ( read original story ...)

Consulum’s Ryan Coetzee worked for Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats up to 2015 election ... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)

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'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 ...)

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 ...)

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 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 ...)

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 ...)

The companies 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 ...)

The imposition of a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong has sent chills through Taiwan, deepening fears that Beijing will focus next on seizing the democratic self-ruled island. China and ... ( read original story ...)

As soon as Hong Kong's new national security law came into force last week, Ivan Ng removed all the protest-themed paintings, posters and flags from the list of items for sale at his Onestep Printing ... ( read original story ...)