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Google is facing unprecedented heat in Hong Kong as local authorities attempt to censor a popular pro-democracy anthem -- and the high-stakes spat has provoked speculation that the US tech giant ...
Google has pulled a role-playing game based on the Hong Kong protests from its app store. Google (GOOGL) said in a statement Friday that the company has a “long-standing policy prohibiting ...
Hong Kong’s incursions into web freedom, and the pushback against these moves, didn’t begin with a protest song. A tipping point came in 2020, when Beijing imposed the National Security Law ...
Google's actions are threatening relations with the Chinese government, which responded by blocking links and searches for objectionable content on the Hong Kong site.
Representatives for Google, OpenAI and Microsoft “declined to comment on why they restricted use in Hong Kong, but said they are working to bring their services to new locations in the future ...
Hong Kong officials sent Google 43 requests for user information last year, according to the company's transparency report. Google produced data responding to three of the requests.
On Monday, the Hong Kong government said police would be given new powers to investigate offenses related to the law, including demanding publishing platforms and internet service providers remove ...
Hong Kong announced its planned data-protection law changes. Because of this, Facebook, Twitter, and Google might pull out their services.
Google has published transparency reports since 2011, revealing government requests around the world. Since 2019, requests from the Hong Kong government have risen rapidly, from 57 items in 2019, 122 ...