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Authorities Appoint Body to Ban Websites "Interrupting" Hong Kong Government's Operation
The Hong Kong government designates Hong Kong Internet Registration Corp. (#HKIRC) to undertake the administration of internet domain names under the “.hk” (in Chinese and English) code.
The “Domain Name Registration Acceptable Use Policy” has been recently amended. The document states that the requirements of domain name registration include: “not to violate the law in any way”, “not to abuse public interest (including but not limited to harass the Hong Kong government’s operation)”, as well as not to include any words “advocating violence” and “the crime of incitement”.
From 28 January 2021 onwards, the domain name registration will be rejected and disclosed to the law enforcement authority if any violation is found.
As half of the HKIRC board directors were appointed by the Government, Wong Ho-Wa, lawmaker of the Information Technology functional constituency, said the body might take a defensive approach to avoid any involvement in controversial issues owing to the National Security Law (#NSL) enactment.
Wong added that websites could change to a new domain name if the domain name of “.hk” was not rejected. He emphasized that one should not to rationalize an unreasonable system.
Source: Stand News #Jan15
https://bit.ly/3nMYdNR
#MassSurveillance #Internet #DomainNamd
Authorities Appoint Body to Ban Websites "Interrupting" Hong Kong Government's Operation
The Hong Kong government designates Hong Kong Internet Registration Corp. (#HKIRC) to undertake the administration of internet domain names under the “.hk” (in Chinese and English) code.
The “Domain Name Registration Acceptable Use Policy” has been recently amended. The document states that the requirements of domain name registration include: “not to violate the law in any way”, “not to abuse public interest (including but not limited to harass the Hong Kong government’s operation)”, as well as not to include any words “advocating violence” and “the crime of incitement”.
From 28 January 2021 onwards, the domain name registration will be rejected and disclosed to the law enforcement authority if any violation is found.
As half of the HKIRC board directors were appointed by the Government, Wong Ho-Wa, lawmaker of the Information Technology functional constituency, said the body might take a defensive approach to avoid any involvement in controversial issues owing to the National Security Law (#NSL) enactment.
Wong added that websites could change to a new domain name if the domain name of “.hk” was not rejected. He emphasized that one should not to rationalize an unreasonable system.
Source: Stand News #Jan15
https://bit.ly/3nMYdNR
#MassSurveillance #Internet #DomainNamd