In 2021, Hong Kong also passed censorship laws forbidding broadcasts that might breach the national security law.
It was unclear whether those rules covered streaming services.
The filming of Expats created controversy in 2021 when Kidman was allowed to avoid some of the strictest Covid quarantine rules in the world to film scenes in Hong Kong.
Authorities justified her exemption by saying it was for “designated professional work” that contributed to the “growth of Hong Kong’s economy”.
Some local politicians said the decision had backfired, arguing the city was not portrayed in a positive light by the series, the South China Morning Post reported.
“The government… provided assistance and convenience, for Kidman in particular. If there had been better understanding beforehand, today’s reaction would not have put the government in an awkward position,” said Doreen Kong, a member of Hong Kong’s legislative council.
