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How Hong Kong turned to Twitter and Facebook during the pandemic

Inside China

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Hong Kong Quarantine Support Group

The Hong Kong quarantine support group was set up three years ago. A small group of volunteers worked to maintain a crucial online support group for Hong Kong over the past three years. People in Hong Kong had a very different experience of the pandemic via Facebook compared to the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK. Laura Westbrook works on our city desk and like many of the journalists in the city is a member of what was once called the Hong Kong quarantine Support Group.

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