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Because of this, companies such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter that have offices in Hong Kong may be required to provide information to the government due to investigations, and employees and the companies themselves may also be held criminally liable. According to WSJ reports in early July, Google, Facebook, and Twitter privately warned the government that if the government continued to implement the amendments, they might withdraw from Hong Kong and stop their services in Hong Kong.

Considering that these companies have always attached great importance to users' data privacy and have taken the protection of employees into consideration, the backlash against this revision is understandable.

However, the relevant reports only used the words "private uruguay whatsapp warning", which means that there was no formal notification or expression. On the contrary, the Asia Internet Consortium (AIC), whose members include Google, Facebook and Twitter, recently officially clarified that none of its members intends to withdraw from Hong Kong; Google also forwarded the statement, which is a clear stance.

To put it simply, the reports of withdrawing from Hong Kong can only be regarded as rumors, and the relevant companies have officially clarified that they are not true. Therefore, their preparations to withdraw from Hong Kong can only be said to be a false alarm for the time being; after all, for the advertising industry, Google and Facebook are absolutely It is a platform that is too big to replace.
It was also mentioned that the relevant amendments will have a great impact on freedom of speech, and the only way for relevant platforms to respond is to avoid investing in Hong Kong or providing services in Hong Kong. (The only way to avoid these sanctions for technology companies would be to refrain from investing and offering their services in Hong Kong)