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Hong Kong: Facebook and WhatsApp ‘pause’ police help

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Facebook and WhatsApp are “pausing” co-operation with requests for user information from the Hong Kong police.

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Several countries, including the UK, have criticised China for imposing new security laws, which they say threaten the territory’s long-standing autonomy.

Facebook said it would stop considering the requests, “pending further assessment” of the human rights issues.

No personal information about users in the region was held at or disclosed from its Hong Kong office, it added.

“We believe freedom of expression is a fundamental human right and support the right of people to express themselves without fear for their safety or other repercussions,” Facebook said.

  • China warns UK over Hong Kong ‘interference’
  • Why Huawei’s days in the UK could be numbered

WhatsApp – which is owned by Facebook – said it “believes in the right for people to have a private conversation online” and “we remain committed to providing private and secure messaging services to our users in Hong Kong”.

Both platforms are blocked in mainland China but have benefited from Hong Kong’s much broader access to the internet under its freedoms as a special administrative region.

What does Facebook give to police?

WhatsApp has end-to-end encryption enabled by default – so it cannot read, or share with police officers, messages sent between two users.

On Facebook Messenger, however, encryption is not the default option – it has to be manually switched on by users.

Both platforms say they may disclose user data, in accordance with the law of the country in question.

But WhatsApp adds successful requests for this information must meet “internationally recognised standards including human rights, due process, and the rule of law”.

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In the US, both platforms require a subpoena to provide “basic subscriber records” such as the person’s name, IP (internet protocol) address and email address.

Extra information about the subscriber may require a court order.

And a search warrant is needed for account contents:

  • On Facebook, that includes “messages, photos, videos, posts and location information
  • On WhatsApp, it means profile photos, contacts lists, and group information

Hong Kong, formerly a British territory, was handed back to China in 1997, on the condition it would enjoy special freedoms for 50 years.

The UK says China has now broken that agreement and is offering citizenship to as many as three million Hong Kong residents.

Meanwhile, the United States – where Facebook is headquartered – is considering whether to remove Hong Kong’s favourable trading terms.

The security laws introduce new crimes, including conspiring with foreigners to provoke “hatred” of the Chinese government or Hong Kong authorities, with penalties of up to life in prison.

As soon as they came into effect, senior members of pro-democracy groups quit, fearing prosecution.

And books written by pro-democracy activists have been removed from libraries.



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