Hong Kong democracy activists to Israel: Stop exporting tech to police

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Hong Kong pro-democracy leader Joshua Wong joined a call for Israel to block a civilian technology company from selling products China used to spy on protesters. Wong wrote a Facebook post saying a software developed by an Israeli company called Cellebrite, was used by the Hong Kong Police Forces to hack into his phone . The activist shared a letter by Israeli human rights lawyer Eitay Mack calling on the Defense Ministry and Economy Ministry to block Cellebrite from exporting its product to Hong Kong. The letter was cosigned by 37 Israeli human rights activists “who support the rights of...