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Written by: Kong Fanxu and Zheng Qiuling
2021-06-18 18:11
Last update date: 2021-06-18 18:12
The National Security Law of the Minato District has been implemented for nearly a year. The website of "Hong Kong Charter 2021" was inaccessible at the beginning of this month. Luo Guancong, the former chairman of Hong Kong Zhizhi who was involved in the establishment of the charter, disclosed that the Israeli website provider received a request from the Hong Kong police to remove it. The letter from, alleging that the content violated the National Security Law, Wix resumed the "Charter" website service after the incident was made public.
According to news, a local telecommunications service provider has recently received instructions from the local police to prohibit users from browsing the "Hong Kong Charter 2021" webpage starting today (18th).
Users of different telecommunications companies pointed out that they could no longer browse the website, and only users of individual telecommunications companies can still enter the website smoothly for the time being.
"Hong Kong 01" is inquiring with the police and major telecommunications service providers.
The "Hong Kong Charter 2021" website was inaccessible at the beginning of this month, and the Israeli website provider Wix subsequently rejected the request of the local police and reopened it.
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The Israeli website provider Wix rejected the request of the local police and reopened the "Hong Kong Charter 2021" website.
According to news, a local telecommunications service provider has received instructions from the police to ban users from browsing the network starting today (18th).
It is understood that since this afternoon, users of multiple telecommunications companies have been unable to directly browse the "Hong Kong Charter 2021" website. After netizens entered the charter URL, the browser message once stated that "the webpage could not be opened because the server stopped responding." .
But when you switch to the VPN service to surf the Internet, you can still enter the "Charter" website smoothly.
It is reported that in the evening, only a few users of telecommunications companies can still visit the "Charter" website directly.
In the afternoon, through the data of multiple local telecommunications companies, the "Hong Kong Charter 2021" was no longer available. The browser message once stated that "the webpage could not be opened because the server stopped responding."
8 promoters are currently overseas
The founders of the "Hong Kong Charter 2021" include former Hong Kong Zhongzhi chairman Luo Guancong, former civil diplomacy network spokesperson Zhang Kunyang, former legislator Xu Zhifeng, former editor-in-chief of "Xue Yuan" Liang Jiping, non-governmental organization "Keyboard Front" spokesperson Kwong Songqing , Huang Taiyang, former convener of "Local Democracy Frontline", Liang Songheng, former legislator of the Youth New Deal, and Zhou Yongkang, former secretary-general of the Federation of Students.
The eight people are currently overseas, and some of them have been quoted by many media as saying that they are wanted by the National Security Office of the police.
According to information, the Hong Kong government first ordered internet providers to block websites in accordance with the National Security Act in January this year. The target is the website "Hong Kong Chronicles" that records information on the anti-amendment regulations. The public cannot access the website through ordinary channels.
Hong Kong Broadband later admitted that it had stopped connecting to the relevant website in accordance with the requirements of the National Security Law.
According to the news at the time, the decision to block the Internet was granted by the Secretary for Security in accordance with the National Security Law, and that no court procedures were involved, and the relevant website would be permanently blocked.
Expert: Successful access via VPN can eliminate technical problems of the website
Huang Haohua, the convenor of the Open Data Group of the Internet Society of Hong Kong, said that the webpage cannot be opened for different reasons, but if it is successfully connected via VPN, the website can be ruled out technically. Refer to the earlier "Hong Kong Chronicles" case, it is not ruled out that human intervention caused the inability to get from Hong Kong. Regional login page.
Huang Haohua is concerned that Israel’s Wix has previously admitted that it mistakenly removed the "Hong Kong Charter" and has resumed it. I believe it is not a problem with Israel. It does not rule out that the government started with local Internet providers in order to prohibit citizens from logging on to the web.
Huang Haohua believes that the "Hong Kong Charter" has always been "concerned" by the outside world. "There have been actions before, even if it is not before 7.1, there is always the possibility of being removed from the shelves."
"Hong Kong 01" is inquiring with the police and major telecommunications service providers.
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