National Security Act | Zoom and LinkedIn suspend processing of Hong Kong government's request for information

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Written by: Cheng Yihua

2020-07-07 16:50

Following Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, etc., the video conferencing platform Zoom and the workplace social networking platform LinkedIn also announced a suspension of processing user data requests from Hong Kong on July 7. Technology giant Apple said it is evaluating the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law."

The founder and CEO of Zoom is Yuan Zheng, an American Chinese entrepreneur born in 1970 (Associated Press)

Reuters reported that Zoom has suspended processing requests for user data from or about Hong Kong. LinkedIn said it is evaluating the new Hong Kong version of the National Security Law and will suspend responding to requests from law enforcement agencies in Hong Kong.

Zoom was founded in 2011 and its founder and chief executive officer is Yuan Zheng, a Chinese American entrepreneur. As for LinkedIn, it is owned by Microsoft.

Apple: Hong Kong version of National Security Law is being evaluated

The tech giant Apple said it is evaluating the impact of the Hong Kong version of the National Security Act, and said that since the Hong Kong version of the National Security Act came into effect last week, it has not received a request to obtain user information from Hong Kong.

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Several social platforms or instant messaging software including Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, Twitter, and Google have announced on July 6 that they will temporarily reject requests from the Hong Kong government and police to obtain user information. Facebook and its subsidiary WhatsApp issued a statement saying that it will suspend processing of the Hong Kong government's request for user information in order to wait for further evaluation of the impact of the implementation of the "Minato City National Security Act", including conducting human rights investigations and consulting international human rights experts.

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