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To be fair, China doesn't block access to any websites in Hong Kong. In a sense, it's a freer internet than in the US (zero sites blocked, plus piracy is allowe
by hkai 7y ago
To be fair, China doesn't block access to any websites in Hong Kong. In a sense, it's a freer internet than in the US (zero sites blocked, plus piracy is allowed).
- reaperducer 7y agoAt this moment. There was a piece posted to HN last week that Hong Kong's ISPs have been asked, or fear being asked, to implement a firewall similar to China's. Hong Kong's ISP association published a public letter of protest about it. Edit: Found it - https://www.hkispa.org.hk/139-urgent-statement-of-hkispa-on-selective-blocking-of-internet-services.html https://www.hkispa.org.hk/139-urgent-statement-of-hkispa-on-...
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- woutr_be 7y agoThat’s not entirely true. Their response came after a lot of outrage and fear by the general population. This outrage came after some top pro-Beijing politicians said that declaring an emergency situation is still on the table, by doing so, it would allow the government to block certain internet services. Pro-Beijing politicians always use harsh language. The same way PLA officers hinted that the PLA could be deployed in HK if requested by the government.