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People buy copies of the final edition of Apple Daily from a newsstand in Hong Kong in June. © Reuters TAKESHI KIHARA, Nikkei staff writer August 15, 2021 01:11 JST | Hong Kong Copy Copied HONG KONG -- The Hong Kong government is considering a law targeting "fake news" that would let authorities demand retractions or corrections from news organizations, a move seen as an attempt to further stifle press freedom. John Lee Ka-chiu, Hong Kong's chief secretary for administration, and the territory's security secretary, Chris Tang Ping-keung, are pushing the effort, citing the mass pro-democracy protests in 2019. Both...
