Topic: HKmap Live
HKmap Live highlights the ongoing struggle for free expression and privacy in Hong Kong, where tech giants like Apple and Facebook have censored content related to protests and civil liberties. These companies prioritize business interests over individual rights, actively participating in censorship that undermines the fight for democracy. The situation raises critical concerns about the role of technology in supporting or suppressing free speech.
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Facebook’s creeping crackdown on discussions about the loss of civil liberties
? Groups that protest the rights being lost during the covid saga are being shut down.
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Apple and Google support protesters but not in Hong Kong, where business comes first
If only Big Tech would support Hong Kong protests in the same way they’re speaking up for protests today.
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Facebook bans Page of Hong Kong protest safety app, HKmap Live
The app creator says Facebook’s real name policy prevented them from operating the account anonymously.
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AOC, Ted Cruz, and Ron Wyden slam Apple’s censorship “at the behest of the Chinese government”
Apple rejected the app from its App Store last week after telling Senator Josh Hawley that it would be made…
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Apple chooses to ignore US lawmakers and be a “accomplice for Chinese censorship”
“We Hongkongers will definitely look closely at whether Apple chooses to uphold its commitment to free expression and other basic…
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Apple bans Hong Kong protest safety app and is accused of “sucking up to China”
Hong Kong protestors and residents used the app to avoid conflict and areas that local police had marked as “illegal…