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.

Donald Trump to make his first visit to India on Feb 24, 25: White House

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US President Donald Trump will embark on a two-day visit to India from February 24 during which he will travel to New Delhi and Ahmedabad to further strengthen the strategic bilateral partnership and highlight the strong and enduring bonds between the American and Indian people, the White House announced on Tuesday.
President Trump will be accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump and they will visit India on February 24–25, White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said.
She said Trump and Modi talked on the telephone over the weekend.
"During a phone call over the weekend, President Trump and Prime Minister Modi agreed the trip would further strengthen the India-US strategic partnership and highlight the strong and enduring bonds between the American and Indian people," she said.
The President and the First Lady will travel to New Delhi and Ahmedabad, which is in Prime Minister Modi's home State of Gujarat and played an important role in Mahatma Gandhi's life and leadership of the Indian independence movement, the White House said.
Trump's predecessor Barack Obama had travelled to India in 2010 and 2015.

"President Trump's trip to India is timely in view of the bilateral trade issues that need to be resolved and in light of the collaborations between the US and India in various realms," M R Rangaswami, Indian-American philanthropist and head of Indiaspora, told PTI.Describing it as a significant visit, Mukesh Aghi, president of the US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum, noted that the last three American presidents had made trips to India....Read More