How tech companies should plan for Hong Kong’s precarious future - Rest of World

Authorities haven’t cracked down on Google and Facebook — yet. This is the moment they should protect their users.

Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images By Lokman Tsui 28 July 2021 • Hong Kong Ideas How tech companies should plan for Hong Kong’s precarious future By Lokman Tsui > Ideas Arguments, opinions and essays from a global perspective. On June 25, an industry association of internet companies, including Google and Facebook, submitted a letter to the Hong Kong government stating that they may “refrain from investing and offering their services in Hong Kong” over a proposed amendment of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance . After police officers, government officials, and judges were doxxed in the w

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