USA warns Hong Kong government may demand business and customer data, run surveillance without warrants
Hong Kong authorities 'alarmed by unsubstantiated remarks'
19 Jul 2021
Articles about Hong Kong
Hong Kong busts $150m crypto money-laundering ring
Prepares to enact its anti-doxxing laws – without amendments requested by Big Tech
16 Jul 2021
Hong Kong working to share its digital IDs with mainland China
App currently used for 110 government services, more to come
14 Jul 2021
Big Tech’s Asian lobby warns Hong Kong its anti-doxxing laws could see its members leave town
Current draft makes staff personally liable and Asia Internet Coalition says that could crimp innovation and hurt the economy
06 Jul 2021
Hong Kong to explore its own digital currency and keep testing China’s Digital Yuan
Plans fintech infusion for local banking sector, plus data-sharing infrastructure
10 Jun 2021
Hong Kong floats doxxing laws that would let it force big tech to take down content
And make publishing personal data as an act of protest illegal into the bargain
12 May 2021
Kids in Hong Kong and other highly surveilled states worry infosec careers are just asking for trouble
Black Hat Asia Asia is already short millions of trainees; expert warns talent pipeline will dry up in response to government snooping
07 May 2021
Customs raid rumbles black market for primary school e-learning materials in fiercely competitive Hong Kong
Kids have missed almost an entire year of education due to coronavirus so parents have sought help online
16 Apr 2021
Beijing pressures Alibaba to offload media assets, including Hong Kong's top newspaper
South China Morning Post's ownership up in the air as HK democracy erodes further
16 Mar 2021
Hong Kong teases tech to track residents as they move past QR codes
In response to complaints about the time taken to scan, not concerns about privacy
04 Mar 2021
Doxxing nixed by Hong Kong courts, again
This time to protect judicial enforcement authorities, but previous bans on publishing Police's personal details haven't stopped the practice
02 Nov 2020
Hong Kong wants to teach kids more STEM – once it's defined what that is
Stop us if you've heard this one before: Territory wants to snip subjects to squeeze in coding, but knows its teachers aren't up to the job
24 Sep 2020
Google and Facebook abandon Hong Kong landing of new submarine cable
There be dragons, say US authorities, so first planned US-HK cable darkens its last leg
31 Aug 2020
Notepad++ website sent to China's naughty step after 'Stand with Hong Kong' software update
Ho boy, here we go again
17 Aug 2020
World Health Organisation AI chatbot goes deaf when asked for the latest COVID-19 figures for Taiwan, Hong Kong
Funny that!
21 Jul 2020
USA ends Hong Kong's special treatment, crimping flow of tech to territory
Seeing as finance is Hong Kong's thing and that industry needs lots of security kit, this could be scary
15 Jul 2020
Social media giants move to defy Hong Kong's new national security law
Plus: US govt says it's 'looking at' banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok
07 Jul 2020
Details of Beijing's new Hong Kong security law signal end to more than two decades of autonomy
Legislation to root out subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces following year of civil unrest
01 Jul 2020
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