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Beijing just told Big Tech to flee Hong Kong - New York Post
Jul 08, 2020 57 secs

Google, Facebook, Twitter and other tech companies have a substantial presence in Hong Kong, though most have given up on working on the mainland because it means acting as enforcers for the Communist dictatorship and its Great Firewall of China.

Most of the companies announced Monday that they’d stop processing Hong Kong government requests for users’ data for now, while they assess the new law.

TikTok — the video-sharing social media network that is a subsidiary of a Chinese firm — didn’t bother stalling: It withdrew its app from stores in Hong Kong and is making the app inoperable for users there within days.

This, even though they all score big revenues from ads bought by Chinese companies.

The crackdown was already going to slam Hong Kong’s economy and send hundreds of thousands fleeing to the West.

“Until now, Hong Kong flourished because it allowed free thinking and free speech, under an independent rule of law.

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