Hong Kong Surveillance Law: From 9/11 to the NSL

Stuart Hargreaves (author)

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Title	Hong Kong Surveillance Law: From 9/11 to the NSL
Contributor	Stuart Hargreaves (author)
DOI	https://doi.org/10.17176/20220404-131156-0
Landing page	http://verfassungsblog.local/en/os6-hong-kong-surveillance/
License	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Publisher	Verfassungsblog
Published on	2025-09-10
Long abstract	though 9/11 did not immediately result in a dramatic expansion of the surveillance state in Hong Kong as was often seen in the west, twenty years later a similar process is now well underway. Though Hong Kong’s surveillance and privacy laws have long been relatively deferential to the needs of law enforcement, the dramatic legal changes occasioned by the introduction of a new ›national security law‹ in 2020 suggest that the population will be under increasing forms of surveillance in the coming years.
Language	German (Original)

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Stuart Hargreaves

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University of Hong Kong

though 9/11 did not immediately result in a dramatic expansion of the surveillance state in Hong Kong as was often seen in the west, twenty years later a similar process is now well underway. Though Hong Kong’s surveillance and privacy laws have long been relatively deferential to the needs of law enforcement, the dramatic legal changes occasioned by the introduction of a new ›national security law‹ in 2020 suggest that the population will be under increasing forms of surveillance in the coming years.