On Wednesday's Backchat, Bar Association controversy; the rift between Apple and Facebook.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam says she sees no need to intervene in the affairs of the Bar Association for the time being, despite Beijing’s scathing criticism against its chairman, Paul Harris.

Beijing’s Liaison office had called Harris an “anti-China politician”, and said “it makes a mockery of the Bar Association by condoning Paul Harris to continue chairing the group.”

Harris had questioned the national security law, as well as the sentencing of 10 veteran pro-democracy activists for their participation in two peaceful protests in 2019. Harris had said in an interview that the prison terms handed down to Lai and others were the first ever handed down by a local court in relation to a peaceful, if unauthorised protest.

He had also warned that people may turn to violence if they are denied their right to express themselves peacefully.

Do you think Mr Harris is suitable to be Chairman? What do you think of the Liaison Office's statement?

From 9:15am-9:30am, we'll be discussing the new function on iPhone and iPads which allow users to say “NO” to apps accessing personal data, as well as the rift between Apple and Facebook.

8:30-9:15am Bar Association controversy
8:30-9:15 phone: Carole Petersen Professor, School of Law, Graduate Chair, Spark M. Matsunaga, Institute for Peace, University of Hawaii
8:30am-9am Phone: Lawrence Ma, Barrister and Chairman of the Hong-Kong Legal Exchange Foundation
9: am-9:15am Surya Deva, Associate Professor at the School of Law of City University of Hong Kong

9:15-9:30am Rift between Apple and Facebook.
Phone: Michael Gazeley, Managing Director at Network Box