The stand taken by Facebook, Twitter and Google against China's national-security law in Hong Kong brings into the open concerns many foreign companies in the city are discussing internally but executives dare not talk about publicly
HONG KONG—The stand taken by several U.S. tech giants against China’s national-security law in Hong Kong brings into the open concerns many foreign companies in the city are discussing internally but executives dare not talk about publicly for fear of getting dragged into the political fray.
By suspending the processing of Hong Kong government requests for user data, Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google put up a united front in challenging the law that is the sharp edge of Beijing’s crackdown on the city’s...
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