TikTok disappears from Hong Kong app stores after the new Chinese national security law curbs online freedom


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TikTok disappears from Hong Kong app stores after the new Chinese national security law curbs online freedom Nickie Louise Posted On July 10, 2020 Share On Facebook Hong Kong begins life under a new Chinese national-security law immediately after the law unanimously passed by Beijing on June 20. The new law prohibits any citizen or resident in Hong Kong from acts of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces to endanger national security. Anyone found breaking the law is liable to a maximum penalty of life in jail. The law became effective on July 1. Now, Hong Kong citizens...