Editing Communications in Hong Kong (section)

====Internet censorship in Hong Kong====
{{Main |Internet censorship in Hong Kong}}

Hong Kong law provides for freedom of speech and press, and the government generally respects these rights in practice. Although freedom of expression is protected by the [[Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance|Hong Kong Bill of Rights]], the [[2020 Hong Kong national security law|Hong Kong national security law]] gives the government the power to "take down any electronic messages published" that the government considers endangering national security.<ref name=HKBOR>[http://www.hkhrm.org.hk/english/law/eng_boro1.html Hong Kong Bill of Rights] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225103505/http://www.hkhrm.org.hk/english/law/eng_boro1.html |date=25 February 2012 }}, 8 June 1991, Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor, accessed 30 June 2012</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-07-07 |title=Hong Kong police granted sweeping powers under security law |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-diplomat-in-hong-kong-says-security-law-use-a-tragedy/2020/07/06/2299c7cc-bf40-11ea-8908-68a2b9eae9e0_story.html |access-date=2023-10-13 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> No government licenses are required to operate a website. Democratic activists claim central government authorities closely monitor their e-mails and Internet use.<ref name="HK-CROHRP-2011">[https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2011/eap/187483.htm "Hong Kong"], ''2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices'', Bureau of Democracy, Human rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 24 May 2012</ref>