A Hong Kong protest song was taken off streaming platforms such as Apple Music and Spotify around the world on Friday, with the distributor citing the city’s recent ban on the song. “Glory to Hong Kong”, an anthem that emerged during the city’s 2019 pro-democracy protests, was banned this month when judges ruled that it […]
Hong Kong’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) has served an enforcement notice to Worldcoin, a crypto project co-founded by OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman, asking them to cease operations. The resolution concludes the investigation launched by the PCPD in January 2024. Related Reading: US DOJ Seizes $100M In Crypto From Major Dark […]
The distributor of a popular protest song in Hong Kong has decided to remove the music from all platforms because of a court ban in the city, the group that created the song said Friday, a week after YouTube blocked access to videos of it.
Cryptocurrency project Worldcoin has been found to violate Hong Kong’s privacy law by the city’s data watchdog. Requiring users to provide face and iris scans to verify their “humanness” amounted to “unnecessary and excessive” collection of personal data, the privacy body said. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) on Wednesday ordered Worldcoin […]
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader says his government will keep monitoring for any non-compliance with a court order that bans a popular protest song. John Lee said if any of such instances were found, the government would then notify the relevant internet platforms about the content of the
Hong Kong will keep watching internet platforms for non-compliance with ban on protest song
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader says his government will keep monitoring for any non-compliance with a court order that bans a popular protest song. John Lee said if any of such instances were found, the government would then notify the relevant internet platforms about the content of the
Hong Kong’s leader says his government will keep monitoring for any non-compliance with a court order that bans a popular protest song
Three people have been convicted of rioting in Yau Ma Tei in 2019, while one man was found not guilty with the judge saying his story of getting caught up in a protest after work “could be genuine.” Chan Lik-to, Cheng Tsz-fung, Chung Tsz-kit and Ho Chung-yin, aged between 20 and 28 at the time […]
Only about 20 per cent of residents in one housing block taking part in Hong Kong’s waste charge trial were using the government’s pay-as-you-throw bags to dispose of waste, the estate’s property manager has said. Hong Kong is set to implement a waste charging scheme on August 1 after multiple delays. But the scheme has […]
A Hong Kong woman targeted in a spying case in the UK allegedly stole HK$164 million from her ex-employers in the city, a court has heard. Monica Kwong did not attend a civil proceeding lodged by her former employers HK Yearshine Investment Limited and Twt Global Limited at the High Court on Friday. The firms […]
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