Dozens of videos featuring the song, penned during the 2019 protests, are now unavailable to users in the city.
The Group 1 Lockinge Stakes, won in the past by the likes of Frankel and Baaeed, is the feature race at Newbury on Saturday where you can, once again, bet into the unique Worldpool markets. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of Newbury’s racing action with an eye on the Worldpool markets, []
Lingfield hosts both the Derby and Oaks trials on Saturday with the big field Victoria Cup, Ascot’s feature race on the same afternoon. We also take a look at Saturday’s Swinton Handicap Hurdle at Haydock. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of this weekend’s racing action, with Wally Pyrah looking forward to []
YouTube recently announced that it would block access to 32 prohibited video links in Hong Kong. YouTube has recently announced it will block access to 32 video links deemed prohibited content within Hong Kong, according to a report by The Guardian.
Court order compels Google subsidiary to block local access to 32 videos of Glory to Hong Kong, judged to be prohibited contentAlphabet’s YouTube on Tuesday said it would comply with a court decision and block access inside Hong Kong to 32 video links deemed prohibited content, in what critics say is a blow to freedoms in the financial hub amid a security clampdown.The action follows a government application granted by Hong Kong’s court of appeal requesting the ban of a protest anthem called...
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. We finally know the result of a legal case I’ve been tracking in Hong Kong for almost a year. Last week, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal granted an injunction that permits…
Done right and distributed properly, a protest song can scare the crap out of authoritarians and dictators. Last week, a Hong Kong court ordered that a song called “Glory to Hong Kong” has
The stand-up comedian will make a stop in the city as part of her Full Grown Tour on July 20 at The Box, Free Space, West Kowloon Cultural District. Other cities on the tour include Los Angeles, Tokyo, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Perth, Melbourne, Norwood, Sydney, Brisbane, and Auckland. It will kick off this May and wrap up in August. Keep reading to find out more details about the show. Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka will make a star-studded return to Hong Kong After a sold-out show in March...
Nobody is offering any official results, but it seems the first test of the proposed solid waste charging regime was not a success. The scheme, under which we will all have to buy bags from the government in which to dispose of household waste, has never attracted a warm welcome. Following a trial run it […]
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s famous neon signs are becoming harder and harder to find. The once-ubiquitous signs advertising bakeries, restaurants, pawn shops and more became a symbol of Hong Kong as it transformed into an international financial center in the decades after World War II. They provided the backdrop in films such as “Blade Runner” and local director Wong Kar-wai’s “In the Mood for Love,” and drawing tourists from all over the world. “So many memories and so many stories have happened...
Hong Kong should provide assurances that it will preserve internet freedom if it wants to remain a major economic hub, the top US diplomat in the city said Thursday. The Chinese city, which was promised autonomy when Britain handed it back in 1997, on Wednesday demanded that online platforms take down an anthem of pro-democracy […]
Many feel unsafe as they try to read between the lines of official statements on security laws.