Microsoft, Zoom join pause on Hong Kong data requests


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Microsoft and Zoom on Tuesday joined other major internet firms that have stopped considering requests by Hong Kong's government for information on users in the wake of China's imposition of a sweeping new security law. Microsoft and Zoom said they are pausing consideration of data requests by officials or police in Hong Kong, a precaution also taken by Facebook, Google and Twitter. "As we would with any new legislation , we are reviewing the new law to understand its implications," Microsoft said in response to an AFP inquiry. "In the past, we've typically received only a relatively small number of...