“The only way to avoid these sanctions for technology companies would be to refrain from investing and offering their services in Hong Kong, thereby depriving Hong Kong businesses and consumers, whilst also creating new barriers to trade,” the coalition wrote. Since the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests of 2019, debate over online speech has often focused on doxxing. After police stopped wearing identifying markers during the protests, a slew of sites and channels cropped up to identify police. In January, the first known website to be taken down under the law had posted personal information about police. Under the new rules anyone posting personal information intended to harass, threaten or intimidate could face up to five years in jail and a fine in excess of one hundred thousand U.S. dollars.

Source: New York Times July 05, 2021 15:56 UTC