Apple Assessing New Hong Kong Law as Others Pause Data Responses

A government-sponsored advertisement promoting a new national security law in Hong Kong on June 29.

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Apple Inc. said it is “assessing” a new Hong Kong security law that has sparked concern about criminalizing protests.

The Cupertino, California-based technology giant also said it has not received requests for Hong Kong user data since the law kicked in last week, and noted that it doesn’t get requests directly from the government there.