The city's government is trying to stop the spread of a popular protest anthem, putting major platforms in a tricky position.
Protesters singing Glory to Hong Kong in the New Town Plaza shopping mall in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, September 11, 2019. Credit: Studio Incendo via Wikimedia Commons
The Hong Kong government’s legal effort to stop a popular protest anthem from appearing on social media platforms is posing a major question for Western tech giants like Meta and Google — will they soon find Asia’s leading financial center as much of a no-go area as mainland China?
The city’s Department of Justice filed an injunction in the High Court on June 6th, seeking to ban the “broadcasting, performing, printing, publishing” of Glory to Hong Kong in any medium. The filing ci
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