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douglas9

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16. We are not abandoning Hong Kong
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:37 PM
Jul 2020

On July 6, Chinese authorities forced through Article 43, a collection of new regulations that gave Hong Kong law enforcement sweeping online surveillance and censorship powers. These rules are an extension of China’s National Security Law, which cracks down on “separatism, subversion, terrorism and foreign interference.”

These laws give Hong Kong police the ability to put people in prison for sharing content online that the government considers “offensive” and foreshadow increased surveillance. There is little doubt the Chinese government will use these exceptional powers to crush Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement and strictly curtail the freedom of expression.

In light of these developments, we have carefully considered whether ProtonVPN will continue to maintain servers in Hong Kong. After much deliberation, we have decided to keep our servers in Hong Kong, not only because we believe we can keep them secure, but also because we believe in fighting for Hong Kong.


https://protonvpn.com/blog/hong-kong-servers/

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Nice CloudWatcher Jul 2020 #15
We are not abandoning Hong Kong douglas9 Jul 2020 #16
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