{"id":584340,"date":"2021-07-06T17:20:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T21:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=584340"},"modified":"2021-07-06T17:21:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T21:21:01","slug":"big-tech-giants-protest-hong-kongs-proposed-anti-doxxing-law-threaten-to-leave-and-pull-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-tech-giants-protest-hong-kongs-proposed-anti-doxxing-law-threaten-to-leave-and-pull-investments\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Tech Giants Protest Hong Kong\u2019s Proposed Anti-Doxxing Law, Threaten To Leave And Pull Investments"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbig-tech-giants-protest-hong-kongs-proposed-anti-doxxing-law-threaten-to-leave-and-pull-investments%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=584340&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233760409-e1625605379108.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The Singapore-based Asia Internet Coalition \u2014 which represents Big Tech companies such as Facebook, Google, Apple, and Twitter \u2014 threatened to leave Hong Kong at the end of July if a controversial privacy law is imposed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe focus of the change in the law is to curb doxxing \u2014 the publication of people\u2019s personal details including addresses and phone number online,\u201d explained <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/tech-giants-threaten-to-leave-hong-kong-over-proposed-anti-doxxing-law\/\"><span>CNET<\/span><\/a><span>, adding that \u201cDoxxing has been a major problem for Hong Kong since mid-2019, around the same time protests kicked off against proposed changes to local extradition laws.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDoxxing activities which became rampant in Hong Kong since mid-2019 has tested the limits of morality and the law,\u201d Hong Kong\u2019s government announced in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcpd.org.hk\/english\/news_events\/media_enquiry\/enquiry_20210705.html\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cDoxxing acts, which are intrusive to personal data privacy and involve the weaponization of personal data, have caused great harm to the victims and their family members and the society at large in recent years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn a typical doxxing case, the more common personal data which are disclosed include the name, photograph, Hong Kong identity card number, date of birth, occupation, phone number, and\/or the address of the victim and, in some cases, their family members,\u201d the statement added. \u201cVery often, the victims find themselves exposed to intimidation calls, cyberbullying or identity thefts and the effect of doxxing on the victims can be, as found by the court in a doxxing case, severe and long-lasting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Monday, the Asia Internet Coalition shared a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aicasia.org\/2021\/07\/05\/hong-kong-aic-submits-position-paper-on-the-proposed-amendments-to-hong-kongs-personal-data-privacy-ordinance-to-pcpd\/\"><span>letter<\/span><\/a><span> previously sent to Hong Kong\u2019s government in late June, arguing that these Big Tech giants could leave the region if this law was introduced, since it would make them criminally liable for doxxing events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDoxxing is a matter of serious concern, a view that AIC shares with the Panel on Constitutional Affairs\u2019 (the \u201cPanel\u201d). We also appreciate the importance of privacy and the protection of personal information and are therefore committed to the principles that safeguard users\u2019 personal identities through community standards on privacy violations We also believe that any anti-doxxing legislation, which can have the effect of curtailing free expression, must be built upon principles of necessity and proportionality,\u201d they stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>They then outlined various amendments to the proposed legislation, including the definition of doxxing, while also noting that \u201cThe proposed anti-doxxing provision does not take into account legitimate situations where personal data may be disclosed without the data subject\u2019s consent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>They then \u201crespectfully disagree[d]\u201d with the \u201cexpansive scope\u201d of the law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFrom an industry standpoint, subjecting intermediaries and their local subsidiaries to criminal investigations and prosecution for doxxing offenses under the proposed amendments is a completely disproportionate and unnecessary response to doxxing, given that intermediaries are neutral platforms with no editorial control over the doxxing posts, and are not the persons publishing personal data,\u201d the letter stated. \u201cWhat the platforms do is to provide a service \/ noticeboard to users to post user-generated content. The proposal to subject such platforms to criminal liability is unnecessary and excessive, noting that these platforms are just making the service available to users for posting and should not be penalized for their users\u2019 doxxing actions over which the platforms have no control.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe therefore ask that the PCPD exclude intermediaries and their subsidiaries from the scope of \u2018persons\u2019 and \u2018premises\u2019 that are subject to the PCPD\u2019s powers to investigate and prosecute,\u201d they added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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