YouTube, a film sharing platform of Google parent company Alphabet, will be restricted to browsing 32 in Hong Kong from Wednesday (May 15) from Wednesday (May 15).May Rongguang returns to Hong Kong to issue a temporary ban.
Some interviewed scholars expect that other network suppliers will also take similar practices, and believe that the incident will not affect Hong Kong's information free space.
The incident originated from the Hong Kong Department of Justice to issue a ban earlier to prohibit the spread of songs to be willing to return to Hong Kong for illegal use. On Wednesday (8th), the Department of Justice appealed , Apply a temporary ban order.
YouTube said on Wednesday that according to the geographical location of the user, the ban on the court's ban on the Hong Kong platform will be regarded as a "prohibited release" film, which limits users to browse 32 films with banned contents and will take effect immediately.
YouTube pointed out that as the system processing related changes, the film connection will not eventually appear on the GOOGLE search page in Hong Kong.
However, YouTube also disappointed the court order, saying that the ruling would question the Hong Kong government to promote the digital economy and restore the reputation of Hong Kong business.YouTube said that the options of appeal will continue to promote information.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the 32 related links on the temporary banning order have been unable to play, and some of them have shown that "the content has been banned by the law."However, Lianhe Zaobao reporters found that when YouTube was directly searching for related words such as glory to Hong Kong, some search results could still be watched normally.
In addition to YouTube, multiple music streaming platforms can still be found and played to return to Hong Kong.
Wish Rongguang returned to Hong Kong to sing during the Hong Kong anti -repair campaign, which is the iconic song of the fighting movement.In recent years, this song has been misused as the "national anthem" in Hong Kong in the international or regional sports events participating in Hong Kong, which has caused many criticisms of the Hong Kong Government.
Tang Jiazheng, a member of the Hong Kong Administrative Council and a senior barrister, described that YouTube will be respected and respects the rule of law by the right of responsibility and respect for the rule of law.As for whether Youtube needs to remove related songs on a global platform, he believes that it depends on Youtube's responsibility for social responsibility.Although the Hong Kong ban may not cover the world, if the company makes money and operate in Hong Kong, it should respect Hong Kong law.
For YouTube's ruling of the Hong Kong court, the Hong Kong government has questioned the Hong Kong government's promotion of the digital economy and restoring the reputation of Hong Kong business. Tang Jiazheng believes that there is no factual basis.He said that , it can be seen that the targeted point of the Hong Kong National Security Law is limited to the national and institutional level, and it will never affect the freedom of speech or express freedom.
Tang Jiazheng pointed out that the ban on the Hong Kong courts is different from listed related songs as "prohibited songs". The court did not prohibit the citizens from having songs.SG/News/China/Story20240512-3651341 "R = NOFOLLOW TARGET = _blank> is forbidden to use songs as criminal uses , and journalists and scholars can also quote songs with the prohibition.
Chen Weiqiang, a lecturer of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong Specialty College, pointed out in the Lianhe Morning Post that YouTube took action to restrict Hong Kong users from browse and willing to return to some videos in Hong Kong.Many local employees cannot commit risk of violating Hong Kong law. "
Chen Weiqiang believes that other network suppliers will follow the practice of YouTube.He believes that the incident will not affect the international image of Hong Kong, because YouTube has always had similar restrictions, including closed violence or vulgar content.
