The proposed law’s broad wording has spooked major tech companies who fear they could be held liable and their employees prosecuted for users’ content.
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s leader on Tuesday brushed off a warning by major tech companies including Google, Facebook and Twitter that they may quit the financial hub if authorities push ahead with a new privacy law.
City authorities have unveiled plans to pass a new law targeting “doxxing” — the act of publishing someone’s private details online so they can be harassed by others.
But the broad wording of the proposed legislation has spooked major tech companies who fear they could be held liable and their employees prosecuted for users’ content.
They detailed their concerns in a letter sent to Hong Kong’s government by the Asia Internet Coalition which…
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