Bit by bit, the internet is getting smaller in Hong Kong

City authorities are trying out new methods to eliminate 'undesirable' content

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Selective purges of online content will do no favors to Hong Kong's efforts to improve its image on the world stage. © AP

Charles Mok is a visiting scholar at Stanford University's Cyber Policy Center and former legislative councilor in Hong Kong. George Chen is a managing director in Hong Kong for The Asia Group, a Washington-based business and policy consulting firm. He was previously head of greater China public policy for Meta.

Many observers have wondered whether China's Great Firewall might be extended to Hong Kong.

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