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A Hong KongInternet service provider on Thursday said it had blocked access to a pro-democracy website to comply with the city’s national security law.
In a statement emailed on Thursday, Hong Kong Broadband Network said that it had disabled access to HKChronicles, a website that compiled information on yellow shops that supported the city’s pro-democracy movement and released personal information and pictures of police and pro-Beijing supporters during anti-government protests in 2019. We have disabled the access to the website in compliance with the requirement issued under the National Security Law, the company said.
News Analysis Robert Clark 1/14/2021
Hong Kong telcos have reached a milestone for the first time they are blocking a website on security grounds.
The order to limit access to a local website that documents police abuses was made under the contentious National Security Law (NSL), introduced on July 1.
HKBN, the biggest home broadband provider, today became the first to confirm it had blocked access to the HK Chronicles website at police instruction.
Police will not confirm whether they have invoked the security law against the website or give reasons why.
The blocking of HK Chronicles became known last week when editor Naomi Chan advised last week that it had become inaccessible to many visitors.
Hong Kong police invokes security law to block website publishing details on 2019 anti-govt protests ANI | Updated: Jan 10, 2021 06:21 IST
Hong Kong [China], January 10 (ANI): In another instance of curbing dissent in Hong Kong, police here have invoked the draconian national security law to block a local website dedicated to publishing first-hand accounts of the anti-government protests in 2019 and personal details of officials and pro-Beijing figures.
Sources said the force had started asking internet service providers (ISPs) to halt access to the HKChronicles website citing Article 43 of the law and its implementation rules, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP).
Officers can order ISPs to block access to electronic information deemed likely to constitute a crime endangering national security, and the commissioner of police can authorise officers to do so upon the approval of the secretary of security.
A Hong Kong website that publishes material mainly related to anti-government protests in 2019 said its users' access had been blocked by the city's internet service providers (ISPs).