Big Tech Warns: We’ll Quit Hong Kong Over Doxing Law

The Wall Street Journal reports:

Facebook, Twitter, and Alphabet’s Google have privately warned the Hong Kong government that they could stop offering their services in the city if authorities proceed with planned changes to data-protection laws that could make them liable for the malicious sharing of individuals’ information online.

A letter sent by an industry group that includes the internet firms said companies are concerned that the planned rules to address doxing could put their staff at risk of criminal investigations or prosecutions related to what the firms’ users post online.

Doxing refers to the practice of putting people’s personal information online so they can be harassed by others.

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Big tech warns Hong Kong, @newley reports: Facebook, Twitter, and Google have privately warned the Hong Kong government that they could stop offering their services in the city if authorities proceed with planned anti-doxing rules https://t.co/sEoifNB3RL via @WSJ

— jenny strasburg (@jennystrasburg) July 5, 2021