Activists archive Hong Kong democracy newspaper on blockchain

Hong Kong Internet activists did not give up freedom of speech, but used blockchain technology to support articles in the democratic tabloid “Apple Daily”.

After the national security investigation, Apple Daily print Last edition on Thursday.But Hong Kong activists took it from there and uploaded the publication’s articles to the distributed network, Reuters Report.

21-year-old Ho, an anonymous activist working in technology, began uploading Apple Daily articles on the decentralized file storage platform ARWeave this week. Supported by investors such as Anderson Horowitz, The platform deploys a blockchain-like structure called blockweave to achieve permanent storage of files across distributed computer networks. According to sources, as of Thursday, more than 4,000 Apple Daily articles have been uploaded on ARWeave.

“Apple Daily” is one of the most powerful democratic newspapers in Hong Kong. A known As the biggest critic of the leadership of Hong Kong and China. Last week, the police froze the assets of several companies associated with Apple Daily. In addition, they also arrested 5 executives, which led to the tabloid printing the final version, and on Thursday closed the website and deleted all social media accounts.

“I don’t do this because I like Apple Daily. This is something that needs to be done,” He said. “I never thought that Apple Daily would disappear so quickly.”

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Hong Kong people have previously used blockchain technology to fight government censorship. Content archived by the public broadcaster Radio Hong Kong Through LikeCoin, a blockchain-based decentralized publishing infrastructure.

Since 2009, the encryption and blockchain industry has become a symbol of greater freedom. By building a decentralized network that is basically impossible to shut down, people all over the world can resist centralized power.In addition to helping resist national censorship, distributed ledger technology and encryption technology also Give people financial freedom.