US envoy warns Hong Kong is moving to China-style Internet curbs

HONG KONG – The top US diplomat in Hong Kong sounded the alarm over growing Internet censorship in the city, underscoring fears that China's crackdown on freedoms is diminishing the hub's appeal as a global finance hub. In his first interview since taking up the post in 2022, United States Consul-General Gregory May cautioned that connectivity issues and data security concerns had prompted some American companies to use burner phones and laptops when visiting the enclave. "Hong Kong is starting to go down the slope of trying to take certain content off the Internet and blocking certain websites," he told…