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Written by: Zheng Qiuling
2021-07-06 15:52
The last update date: 2021-07-06 15:58
The Asian Internet Alliance (AIC) responded to "Hong Kong 01" stating that the letter to the Privacy Commissioner expresses the concern of the industry. The organization represents more than 15 technology company members, but the letter does not mention individual members and clarifies that there are no technology company members. Prepare to evacuate Hong Kong.
Google also replied to this website, relaying the latest reply from the Asian Internet Alliance (AIC), stating that no members plan to withdraw from Hong Kong. Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc. mentioned in The Wall Street Journal have never indicated that they will refuse to provide services in Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Government plans to submit a draft amendment bill on the "removal" behavior in this legislative year.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the Asian Internet Consortium (AIC), formed by many Internet companies such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google, went to the Hong Kong government in private, indicating that the amendments to the law may implicate its company and employees on user behavior. The amendment may withdraw from the Hong Kong market and stop providing services to the Hong Kong region.
Google, which was reported to have warned that it would withdraw from Hong Kong, also replied to this website, relaying the latest reply from the Asian Internet Consortium (AIC), stating that the Wall Street Journal was incorrect.
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The Asian Internet Alliance (AIC) responded to "Hong Kong 01" stating that the letter to the Privacy Commissioner expresses the concern of the industry. The organization represents more than 15 members of science and technology enterprises, but the letter does not mention individual members and clarifies that there are no members. There is a plan to withdraw from Hong Kong, which alleges that the "Wall Street Journal" report is out of context and inaccurate.
The full letter of the relevant letter has been uploaded to the AIC website.
The AIC website now publishes a letter to the Privacy Commissioner (English only)
Google, which was reported to have warned that it would withdraw from Hong Kong, also replied to this website, relaying the latest reply from the Asian Internet Consortium (AIC), stating that no members plan to withdraw from Hong Kong, saying that the "Wall Street Journal" is incorrect. The relevant reports mentioned Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc. have never said that they would refuse to provide services in Hong Kong.
According to the AIC website, its members include Apple, facebook, Google, Amazon, LINE, Linked in, Yahoo!
, Twitter, etc.
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