HK's Court of Appeal on May 8 granted an application by the government to outlaw the song.
Hong Kong's Court of Appeal on May 8 granted an application by the government to outlaw "Glory to Hong Kong".
DGX Music, a group of mostly anonymous musicians, said on May 24 that EmuBands notified it that"Glory to Hong Kong" would be taken down from all platforms, including iTunes and Apple Music, due to the injunction. “Glory to Hong Kong” was written in 2019 during widespread pro-democracy protests, becoming an unofficial alternative anthem to China’s “March of the Volunteers”. Hong Kong has no official anthem.YouTube, part of Mountain View-based Alphabet in California, has geoblocked banned videos for viewers in Hong Kong since mid-May.
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