ADChina has suspended Hong Kong’s legal assistance treaty with countries including Britain, Canada and Australia in response to those nations suspending their extradition treaties with Hong Kong. ADGoogle, along with Facebook and Twitter, stopped reviewing requests for user data from Hong Kong in July after China enacted the national security law. Tech companies said they were concerned about the human rights implications of continuing to comply with Hong Kong government requests. By refusing to review Hong Kong government requests for data through its normal process, Google seems to be acknowledging the broad reach the law gave China into Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government called the move “shameless and despicable” and said it would support countermeasures against the United States.

Source: Washington Post August 14, 2020 04:07 UTC