#GreatFireWall
Internet Service Provider Comfirms Authorities Use #NationalSecurityLaw to Block Website
Hong Kong Broadband Network (#HKBN), an internet service provider, confirmed on Jan 14, 2021 that the Hong Kong authotities have ordered them to block access to a local website (http://hkchronicles.com) under the national security law.
Article 43 of the national security law gives police the power to order internet service providers to remove any material published online deemed be a national security breach.
Data scientists and civilians in Hong Kong worry that the online censorship will spread to internet news outlets in future.
Source: RTHK; Stand News #Jan14
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1570463-20210114.htm
#HKChronicles
Internet Service Provider Comfirms Authorities Use #NationalSecurityLaw to Block Website
Hong Kong Broadband Network (#HKBN), an internet service provider, confirmed on Jan 14, 2021 that the Hong Kong authotities have ordered them to block access to a local website (http://hkchronicles.com) under the national security law.
Article 43 of the national security law gives police the power to order internet service providers to remove any material published online deemed be a national security breach.
Data scientists and civilians in Hong Kong worry that the online censorship will spread to internet news outlets in future.
Source: RTHK; Stand News #Jan14
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1570463-20210114.htm
#HKChronicles