A trade group representing Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple and others said changes to a Hong Kong privacy law could stop firms from providing services in the city.
Author: PAUL MOZUR
Microsoft’s Bing Briefly Blocked ‘Tank Man’ on Tiananmen Anniversary
Users outside China said the site had failed to call up videos and images of the iconic figure from the 1989 crackdown. The company blamed an “accidental human error.”
‘Friends’ Reunion Is Censored in China, Cutting BTS and Lady Gaga
Cameos by Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and the K-pop group BTS mysteriously disappeared from the special when it aired on Chinese streaming sites. Online, fans suspected censorship.
YouTube Removes Myanmar Military Channels
The video platform became the latest American internet giant to take down the military’s content since the coup last month.
Forget TikTok. China’s Powerhouse App Is WeChat.
A vital connection for the Chinese diaspora, the app has also become a global conduit of Chinese state propaganda, surveillance and intimidation. The United States has proposed banning it.
Hong Kong Officials Condemn and Mock Trump Administration Sanctions
Officials in Hong Kong targeted by new United States sanctions argued on Saturday that the move harmed American interests and would have little impact on them.
He Spent 26 Years in a Chinese Prison. Then He Was Cleared of Murder.
A court in eastern China convicted Zhang Yuhuan in 1995 for the murder of two boys. His exoneration has grabbed headlines, though legal reforms have been sluggish.
U.S. Wants to Bar Members of China’s Communist Party. Who Are They?
With more than 90 million members and led by Xi Jinping, the party encompasses people at the heights of Chinese power and the civil servants of everyday life.
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.
Facebook Temporarily Stops Hong Kong Data Requests
The social network said it would review the city’s punitive new national security law, a rare public questioning of Chinese policy by a large American tech company.