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The National Security Law is extraterritorial. Hosting outside of Hong Kong means nothing. https://twitter.com/alvinllum/status/1280184488857710592 https://twi
by hkmaxpro 6y ago
The National Security Law is extraterritorial. Hosting outside of Hong Kong means nothing.
https://twitter.com/alvinllum/status/1280184488857710592 https://twitter.com/alvinllum/status/1280184488857710592
- actuator 6y agoCompanies still serving to HK might be screwed anyway. I was saying that wrt companies who had infra in HK which was serving traffic outside HK. It might make sense to not keep that in HK anymore.
- toast0 6y agoHosting outside of Hong Kong is important. Hong Kong can't impound the servers if they're outside the territory, without the cooperation of the server owner/operator or the government where it resides. Of course, if the owner/operator has employees or assets in Hong Kong, those could be held to elicit cooperation.
- hkmaxpro 6y agoIt matters a bit, but not that much. Failure to comply comes with a maximum fine of HK$100,000 (US$ 12,500), plus six months imprisonment for service providers. [0] If HK police repeatedly fine a company, the company may have to stop serving HK or even China. [0] https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1536151-20200706.htm https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1536151-20200706.h...
- mc32 6y agoI think Canada suspended their extradition treaty to protect against this threat.