First Hong Kong website blocked under new security law
Internet provider HKBN was told to block HKChronicles causing concern among local residents and activists
14 January 2021 - 15:14
Hong Kong — Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) said on Thursday it has blocked a website that publishes material mainly on 2019 anti-government protests to comply with the city’s national security law, marking the first censorship of a local website under the law.
While the internet in mainland China is heavily censored and access to foreign social media platforms and news sites is blocked, residents in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong have so far enjoyed greater freedoms under the “one country, two systems” framework...
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