Facebook, others block requests on Hong Kong user data
HONG KONG (AP) ??" Social media platforms and messaging apps including Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, Google and Twitter will deny law enforcement requests for user data in Hong Kong as they assess the effect of a new national security law enacted last week. Facebook and its messaging app WhatsApp said in separate statements Monday that they would freeze the review of government requests for user data in Hong Kong, "pending further assessment of the National Security Law, including formal human...
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Thu, 02 Jul 2020
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Wed, 01 Jul 2020
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