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    This link is easier to read..


    The anti-doxing amendments will be put before the city's Legislative Council and a bill is expected to be approved by the end of this legislative year, said Paul Haswell, Hong Kong-based head of the technology, media, and telecom law practice at global law firm Pinsent Masons.

    The tech firms' concerns about the proposed rules are legitimate, Mr. Haswell said. Depending on the wording of the legislation, technology companies headquartered outside Hong Kong, but with operations in the city, could see their staff here held responsible for what people posted, he said.

    A broad reading of the rules could suggest that even an unflattering photo of a person taken in public, or of a police officer's face on the basis that this would constitute personal data, could run afoul of the proposed amendments if posted with malice or an intention to cause harm, he said.

    "If not managed with common sense," the new rules "could make it potentially a risk to post anything relating to another individual on the internet," he said.
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    All in accordance with the law

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    How could the HK government still claim the city to be an international business hub when it doesn't have access to western social media? True, these social media companies aren't always faultless, they do have issues of their own. BUT, whatever their issues, this anti-doxing legislation is overkill. It's designed of course to further censor and suppress voices that the HK government does not want to hear.

    Its going to further damage the city's reputation and drive away talented expats if they can't access Facebook or Twitter. Whether we like these social media companies or not, they are increasingly essential marketing and communication tools of many companies. To deprive HK of these online platforms will do substantial damage to the viability of HK as a place to do business for quite a few firms I suspect, even if they do not say this openly for fear of offending Beijing. But I doubt very much at this point Carrie Lam & Co cares about the city's image. All she wants is to hear "job well done" from her superiors...

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    Time to permanently fail over to the Taiwan datacentre eh


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    Japan and Seoul might be more prudent.

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    without Facebook groups and pages, most of HK would indeed cease to exist.
    Fax machines will survive, though.


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    The end started with the NSL

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    Whether they use this ”antidoxxing” tool, or a ”fake news” tool, or a “failure to take down extremist content” tool or a “great firewall” tool, all lead to the same desired result for the government - no Google, no Facebook, no Twitter in HK. Then they ban VPNs for personal use - Game, set and match.

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    Authority cannot be shown to be wrong.

    And yeah, @topworld is correct in his/her assessment of the future.


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    Evidently not...

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