Asked on Monday by Fox News's Laura Ingraham if the US should consider blocking the apps - 'especially Tik Tok' - the country's top diplomat said the Trump administration was 'taking this very seriously; we are certainly looking at it.'
Authorities in the financial hub have ordered schools to remove books for review under the law, which has criminalized certain opinions such as calls for independence or more autonomy.
"The Chinese Communist Party's destruction of free Hong Kong continues," Pompeo said in a sharply worded statement. Pompeo condemned what he called the"latest assaults on the rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong." Beijing has faced a groundswell of criticism from primarily Western nations over its decision to impose the security law, which outlaws acts of subversion, secession, terrorism and colluding with foreign forces.
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