Stand News
Stand News (Chinese: 立場新聞) was a free non-profit online news website based in Hong Kong from 2014 to 2021. Founded in December 2014, it was the successor of House News. It primarily focused on social and political issues in Hong Kong, and generally took a pro-democracy editorial position.
Type of site | News |
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| Available in | Traditional Chinese |
| Dissolved | 29 December 2021 |
| Headquarters | Hong Kong |
| Owner | Best Pencil (Hong Kong) Ltd. |
| URL | thestandnews |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | None |
| Launched | 30 December 2014 |
| Current status | Defunct |
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| Traditional Chinese | 立場新聞 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 立场新闻 | ||||||||||
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Stand News was ranked highest in credibility among online news media in Hong Kong in two public opinion surveys conducted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2016 and 2019.
On 29 December 2021, amid the backdrop of increasing government suppression of news media following the 2020 enactment of the Hong Kong national security law, Stand News was raided by the Hong Kong Police Force, who arrested senior staff and froze the company's assets. As a result, similar to Apple Daily earlier the same year, Stand News was forced to dismiss its staff and cease operations.