Chinaࢀ™s Great Firewall descends on Hong Kong internet users

Residents rush to erase digital footprints as law gives police powers over online activityࢀ¦” data-url=”http://www.richardhartley.com/2020/07/chinas-great-firewall-descends-on-hong-kong-internet-users/” class=”twitter-share-button” >Tweet Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong hold up their mobile phones. The territory faces a dramatic decline in internet freedoms. Photograph: Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images At midnight on Tuesday, the Great Firewall of China, the vast apparatus that limits the countryࢀ™s internet, appeared to descend on Hong Kong. Unveiling expanded police powers as part of a contentious new national security law , the Hong Kong government enabled police to censor online speech and force internet service providers to hand over user information and shut down…