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https://scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1285500/cyberattacks-pro-beijing-groups-should-worry-hong-kong
Comment/ Opinion

Cyberattacks on pro-Beijing groups should worry Hong Kong

Lau Nai-keung says they raise questions about outside interference

Members of Voice of Loving Hong Kong lodge a complaint to the police at Mong Kok Police Station after their Facebook page was closed after reported by netizens.

Last week, the Facebook page of the pressure group Voice of Loving Hong Kong was suddenly deleted. This was the fourth similar incident in recent weeks, after the shutdown of the pages of three other groups, including Caring Hong Kong Power. The Voice of Loving Hong Kong suspected foul play and reported it to the police as a type of cyber-bullying.

There have been rumours that Facebook and the CIA were behind it all. To most rational citizens, such conspiracy theories may seem too far-fetched. But in the current political atmosphere and after the Edward Snowden saga, anything seems possible.