Hong Kong's internet freedom relies on its ability to access the global internet infrastructure without being subject to China's censorship and surveillance laws. However, as American internet companies comply more with Chinese requests to censor content and provide user data, Hong Kong residents may lose their only avenue for an open internet. The talk discusses how bordered networks and data localization laws can be used to exert control and limit freedom of expression and movement online. Ultimately, Hong Kong's temporary protection of an open internet rests on the assumption that American companies will not honor censorship demands from Beijing.
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1. One Country, Two Internets
how does hong kong internet infrastructure protect freedom?
lingnan university
december 9, 2017
lokman tsui
chinese university of hong kong
2. internet freedom hong kong = negative
freedom
? intermediary liability
? licensing requirements
? real name veri?cation
? data localization
? data retention
and so on
3. the bordered internet and freedom
yahoo v france (1994)
? permission to travel ¡ª> limit freedom of movement &
expression
? require identi?cation ¡ª> limit freedom from surveillance
? borders introduce gatekeepers / centers of power ¡ª> enable
control by proxy
5. the case of hong kong
? majority uses facebook, whatsapp, instagram, google
? freedom rests on assumption that american companies do not
honor requests of beijing
? evidence suggests this is changing & temporary protection at
best
