Activists archive Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper on blockchain
Following a national security probe, pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily printed its final edition and shut down its website. Hong Kong cyber-activists are not giving up on the freedom of speech and are backing up articles from the pro-democracy tabloid newspaper Apple Daily using blockchain technology.Following a national security probe, Apple Daily printed its last edition on Thursday. But Hong Kong activists took it from there and uploaded the publication’s articles on a distributed network, Reuters reported.21-year-old Ho, an anonymous activist working in tech, started....
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