The US has announced that they will begin to impose sanctions on the Hong Kong government in 2020. Google poised to become Hong Kong leader by John Lee Ka-chiu He deactivated his YouTube account.
After sanctions against Russia last month, the Hong Kong government has become Google’s new target. Hong Kong, which has been struggling with US sanctions for almost 2 years, is facing new problems.
YouTube shuts down Hong Kong’s new leader’s account
John Lee Ka-chiu is among the team enforcing the National Security Law implemented by Beijing in July 2020. Blacklisted due to the controversial law, the team continues to face new sanctions.
YouTube has removed all content from John Lee Ka-chiu’s account. The company, which closed the account for violation, gave users the message, “This account has been terminated for violating Google’s Terms of Service.” published the warning text.
Officials working for the election campaign stated, “The removal of the account by Google is in line with US sanctions. We find this very sad and completely unreasonable. However, we are confident that they will not prevent us from showing our candidate’s campaign messages to the public.” made statements.
The Hong Kong government will be reconstituted by non-public election. Stating that 1,500 people were determined for the elections, the authorities announced that they would go to the polls on 8 May. John Lee Ka-chiu will take office on July 1, 2022. It is stated that the only candidate for the election of Chief Executive Officer will be John Lee Ka-chiu.
In June last year, the Hong Kong government requested Israeli web hosting service wix.com to shut down a pro-democracy website. The company initially complied with it, but later changed its mind and reinstated the site.
Earlier this year, the website of Hong Kong Watch, a UK-based nonprofit, was blocked in Hong Kong. It is unknown whether the government is using its own technological tools to block access to the site. It is presumed that the government has ordered service providers in the region to block the site.