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Hong Kong Takes Down First Website Under National Security Law

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Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) said on Thursday it blocked the website for Hong Kong Chronicles in compliance with the city's national security law.

  • Last Updated: January 14, 2021, 16:45 IST

HONG KONG: Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) said on Thursday it blocked the website for Hong Kong Chronicles in compliance with the city’s national security law.

A spokesperson of HKBN confirmed the blockage to Reuters in an email.

Hong Kong Chronicles is a website that publishes material mainly related to anti-government protests in 2019.

The blockage marks the first time the authorities in the city have used a sweeping national security law to censor an internet website.


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