Facebook, Zoom join others to pause Hong Kong's requests for users' data

Microsoft and video meet stage Zoom have joined a few tech mammoths who have chosen not to process information demands from the Hong Kong experts in the wake of China forcing a disputable new National Security Law in Hong Kong.
Apple, be that as it may, said it was all the while "surveying" the new standards.
A Microsoft representative said on Tuesday: "before, we've commonly gotten just a generally modest number of solicitations from Hong Kong specialists, yet we are stopping our reactions to these solicitations as we lead our audit".
The organization got demands for information connected to 81 records from Hong Kong's legislature among July and December 2019, as indicated by its most recent straightforwardness report.
A Zoom representative said that they are "effectively checking the advancements in Hong Kong" and "have stopped preparing any information demands from, and identified with, Hong Kong".
Facebook, WhatsApp, Google, Twitter and Telegram have just reported not to process official solicitations from the Hong Kong specialists to hand over client information for the present.
Chinese short-video making application TikTok has said it will stop Hong Kong after China forced another national security law.
The national security law, which Beijing put into impact just before the 23rd commemoration of Hong Kong's handover from British to Chinese standard, condemns a wide scope of conduct and acts under four classifications of withdrawal, disruption, psychological oppression and arrangement with a remote force.
The individuals in Hong Kong dread that the new law can send them to imprison based on their online life posts and messages.

The new law requires nearby specialists to find a way to oversee and manage the city's web.

Hong Kong leader setting up communication platform to help end protest

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Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday said she hoped "calm" will prevail after a massive weekend march passed without clashes between police and demonstrators, but again refused to give ground to protester demands.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched through the heart of the city on Sunday in a show of peaceful protest after escalating street battles with police drew stark warnings from Beijing and threatened to undermine public support.
"On Sunday, many Hong Kong residents participated in a rally at Victoria Park that was largely peaceful," Chief Executive Carrie Lam said at a televised press conference."I wholeheartedly hope that this is the beginning of society returning to calm and staying away from violence." The protests began against a proposed extradition law to China but morphed into a pro-democracy movement sparking the city's biggest political crisis in decades.
They have been fuelled by anger over alleged police brutality, with tear gas and rubber bullets deployed against protesters. Lam reported 174 complaints have been made against police since protests began.
She said they would be "robustly" investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Council, whose head is appointed by the chief executive. However, the probe is unlikely to satisfy protesters who have called for an independent inquiry by an external body.In addition to universal suffrage and cancelling the extradition bill, protesters also demand the release of those detained during clashes.

 Lam, pilloried by press and protesters for failing to step down while the city plunges into crisis, said her government would continue a "fact-finding mission" on how to move forward from the demonstrations...Read More