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Hong Kong: Facebook data shows drastic increase in official censorship

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Published: October 16th, 2024,
Last updated: October 23rd, 2024

Internet censorship has increased significantly in once-liberal Hong Kong. Facebook, for example, shows that the number of censored statements or posts has more than quintupled since the introduction of the National Security Law. This is based on official figures from Facebook’s parent company Meta, which published the statistical development a few days ago. The number of cases increased from 402 in 2019 to 2181 in 2023.

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