Hong Kong Defends National Security Law Changes After US Password Alert
The US is reportedly advising its citizens to comply with requests from Hong Kong police to provide phone and computer passwords, raising concerns about digital privacy and rights in the region. Hong Kong authorities have since defended these legal changes, which make it illegal to withhold smartphone passwords in national security investigations, following the US alert.
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Hong Kong government defends changes to national security law after US alert
Hong Kong authorities have defended legal changes that have made it illegal to withhold smartphone passwords from police in national security investigations, after the United States sent a new alert to its citizens travelling to the city. The government on Friday also expressed “strong dissatisfaction with misleading information and sweepingly generalised descriptions” by foreign organisations and media regarding the amendments to the Beijing-imposed national security law earlier this week, a...
By Jeffie Lam
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