Hong Kong Passes Censorship Law Banning Films Against China’s National Security Interests

Violations of the new law will lead to punishments of up to three years imprisonment and $130,000 in fines.

The new law, however, is likely to reinforce Hong Kong’s decline as a film and television production hub and push more filmmakers unwilling to self-censor to join the thousands of people who have already left the territory since a brutal government crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in 2019.

The law also calls into question the content held on internationally-owned streaming platforms that have, until now, operated freely in Hong Kong. The likes of Netflix, Amazon and YouTube have been offering their full services in Hong Kong, regional licensing deals permitting, and

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