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The Hong Kong Bill of Rights elaborates on these and other rights enjoyed by the people of Hong Kong. [1] The Hong Kong government enacted the Hong Kong national security law on 30 June 2020. Under its Article 43, local law enforcement unit was authorized to censor any resources when handling cases concerning offense endangering national security.
In Hong Kong, censorship, which refers to the suppression of speech or other public communication, raises issues regarding the freedom of speech.By law, censorship is usually practised against the distribution of certain materials, particularly child pornography, obscene images, sedition, separatism, state secrets, and reports on court cases which may lead to unfair trial.
The introduction of the national-security law in Hong Kong on 30 June 2020, which was implemented during a wave of protests that escalated in 2019, led many, especially activists, journalists, and others already subject to police scrutiny to practice self-censorship. [234]
Hong Kong legislators on Wednesday approved an amended law that will allow film censorship on the basis of national security considerations. It does not cover the online screening of movies ...
A proposed new law that will inject national security elements into Hong Kong’s censorship system has the city’s filmmakers worried. The law allows government officials retrospective power to ...
Hong Kong lawmakers on Wednesday approved an amended law that will allow film censorship on the basis of national security considerations. Hong Kong passes new film censorship law to 'safeguard ...
China's special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau are outside the Great Firewall. [19] However, it was reported that the central government authorities have been closely monitoring Internet use in these regions (see Internet censorship in Hong Kong). [20]
Nevertheless, the U.S. State Department has reported that the central government authorities have closely monitored Internet use in these regions, [16] and Hong Kong's National Security Law has been used to block websites documenting anti-government protests.