New York Post

Google could exit Hong Kong for good as it faces high-stakes censorship battle

Google is facing unprecedented heat in Hong Kong as local authorities attempt to censor a popular pro-democracy anthem — and the high-stakes spat has provoked speculation that the US tech giant could exit the market entirely. The Asian business mecca’s ...
Fast Company

Google China’s Hong Kong Work-Around [Update]

Google decided, after a protracted struggle with China over censorship and that all-too-suspicious hacking of email accounts belonging to Chinese human rights activists, to stop censoring their services in China, including Google Search, Image Search, and ...
Engadget

Google gave user data to Hong Kong officials despite moratorium promise

Google vowed that it would no longer directly respond to Hong Kong authorities' data requests after the Chinese government imposed a security law in June 2020, but it appears the company made a handful of exceptions. The Hong Kong Free Press reports Google ...
The Hollywood Reporter

U.S. Tech Giants Threaten to Quit Hong Kong Over Anti-Doxing Laws (Report)

An industry group representing the likes of Google, Facebook and Twitter is concerned that changes to local data-protection laws could make the companies and their employees liable for criminal prosecution. By Abid Rahman International Editor, Digital The ...
CNN

Google pulls Hong Kong protest role-playing app

Google has pulled a role-playing game based on the Hong Kong protests from its app store. Google (GOOGL) said in a statement Friday that the company has a “long-standing policy prohibiting developers from capitalizing on sensitive events such as ...
CNET

Google moves Chinese search to Hong Kong

Google has made its decision on China: it's moving search to Hong Kong. Google has shut down its Google.cn site and is redirecting users to Google.com.hk, where it will offer uncensored Chinese-language search services. The company will maintain a research ...
Engadget

Google stops responding to data requests from Hong Kong authorities

Google will no longer respond directly to data requests from Hong Kong authorities, the company announced today. The decision is in response to the national security law that Beijing imposed on Hong Kong in early July, The Washington Post reports.
Ars Technica

Google stops Hong Kong auto-redirect as China plays hardball

Google has decided to call off its efforts to redirect all China users to its Hong Kong search site, sort of. Instead of automatically sending searchers straight on to google.com.hk, the search giant once again serves up a Google China home page—complete ...
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