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The state is appealing a decision from the judiciary that would spare U.S. technology companies from having to scrub “Glory to Hong Kong” from their platforms.

of a plan to prevent a migrant surge along the southern border. The administration would presumptively deny asylum to migrants who failed to seek it in a third country en route — unless they face “an extreme and imminent threat” of rape, kidnapping, torture or murder. Critics allege that this is akin to an illegal Trump-era policy. In fact, President Biden is acting lawfully in response to what was fast becoming an unmanageable flow at the border.

They can either help erase “Glory to Hong Kong” from the internet, or they can let it stand and risk being barred from Hong Kong entirely, as many of them already are throughout the rest of China. The only defensible argument for giving in is that the people of Hong Kong would be worse off without these sites — even if the only version available to them is the version sanctioned by the speech police.

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