The Guardian reports that a senior official at the US State Department has revealed that a major US technology company may have secretly handed over user data in Hong Kong at the request of the Hong Kong government following the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law.
According to The Guardian, a senior official at the U.S. State Department has revealed that major U.S. technology companies may have secretly handed over user data in Hong Kong at the request of the Chinese authorities, following the implementation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong. The official indicated that this may already be happening.
Since the National Security Law went into effect in July, U.S. technology and social media companies such as Facebook, Google and Microsoft have said they will suspend compliance with Hong Kong authorities’ requests for information. Microsoft reportedly declined to comment on the U.S. officials quoted by the Guardian and said it was reviewing the Hong Kong National Security Law and its potential impact. Microsoft said it had received relatively few requests from Hong Kong authorities in the past, and that it had suspended its response to those requests while it reviewed the law. The Guardian reported that Facebook and Google did not respond to the report.
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