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American companies in Hong Kong fear mainland China's internet restrictions and want local authorities to commit to the free flow of information, the director of the city's American Chamber of Commerce said on Monday.

Hong Kong has long been marketed as an international business center, free from the controls of China and the "Great Firewall" used to censor online content.สูตร เล่น สล็อต

But Beijing has begun to reshape the city in its own authoritarian image while cracking down on dissent following the huge and often violent pro-democracy protests two years ago.

A sweeping new security law imposed last year has criminalized much of dissent and given authorities a set of new controls, including internet deletion powers.

The latest measure to concern business owners is a proposed privacy law that will hold international tech companies and their employees criminally liable for illegal content posted by users.