Efforts to ban “Glory to Hong Kong,” a song popularized during pro-democracy protests in 2019, could set up a legal battle between tech giants and Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong government said on Tuesday that it asked a court to ban a protest song in a bid to prevent people from inciting secession or insulting China's national anthem.

Government adviser dismisses concerns from academics and lawyers, insists need to protect national security takes precedence High Court asked to issue an injunction to ban 'Glory to Hong Kong', used as unofficial anthem of 2019 anti-government protests An unprecedented bid by Hong Kong's government to get a court ban on a protest song rather than passing a law or using existing legislation will create a "universal" chill and have a major

Officials are seeking a court order to block online dissemination of a popular pro-democracy anthem, in the first major test for U.S. tech platforms over politically sensitive content.

The Justice Department seeks to ban the broadcasting, performing, printing, publishing, selling, sale offering, distributing, disseminating, displaying or reproducing in any media forms and channels the song.

HSBC came under fresh heat from a pro-democracy group in Hong Kong, after the bank closed the organization's accounts earlier this year. Five members of the League of Social Democrats, among the last remaining opposition groups in Hong Kong,

Hong Kongers rushed to download a song associated with the 2019 protests after the government sought to get the courts to outlaw the unofficial anthem. Variations of Glory to Hong Kong accounted for all of the top 10 slots on Apple Inc.