Facebook will temporarily stop processing requests for user data from Hong Kong authorities after China imposed a security law on the city that calls for greater supervision and regulation of Hong Kong’s internet. The messaging platform WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, along with Dubai-based messaging platform Telegram, said they would also temporarily pause processing such requests. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports.
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