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Facebook, Twitter, Google pause review of Hong Kong requests for user data – Source CNET Tech

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Police stand guard as Tong Ying-kit, the first person charged for incitement to secession and terrorist activities under the new national security law, arrives at a court July 6 in Hong Kong. Tong, 23, is accused of deliberately driving his motorcycle into a group of police officers.


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Facebook, Twitter and Google said Monday that they’re pausing the review of Hong Kong government requests for user data as they look more closely at a new national security law China imposed on the region that has curbed political expression.

The law, which took effect last week, criminalizes “secession,…

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