24 Jul 2025獨媒#7085
“Tagline HK” Issues Statement, Says It Lacked Sensitivity in Social Media Handover; Users Continue Unsubscribing
網媒《Channel C》的 Instagram 及 YouTube 帳戶，在本周二（7月22日）突然更名《Tagline HK》，引起退訂潮。兩個帳戶的追蹤及訂閱人數，由昨早的約36萬及70萬，跌至今早的約32萬及69萬。《Tagline HK》昨日在 Instagram 限時動態發聲明，稱團隊已作反思，包括欠缺新舊平台交接的敏感度、無提供足夠時間予觀眾適應及事前溝通不足、未有清晰交代。
《Channel C》去年起傳出財困，今年其母公司亦涉嫌詐騙政府「百分百擔保特惠貸款」，公司董事被捕，員工被欠薪，公司及後更被接管。《Channel C》原班底則獲新投資者開設新平台《Channel WE》，本月已正式運作。
The Instagram and YouTube accounts of online media outlet Channel C were suddenly renamed “Tagline HK” this Tuesday (July 22), triggering a wave of unsubscribes. The two accounts’ follower and subscriber numbers fell from approximately 360,000 and 700,000 respectively yesterday morning to about 320,000 and 690,000 this morning. “Tagline HK” issued a statement on Instagram Stories yesterday, saying the team had reflected on the matter, including its lack of sensitivity regarding the handover between the old and new platforms, failure to provide audiences with sufficient time to adapt, inadequate prior communication and failure to explain the situation clearly.
Channel C has faced reported financial difficulties since last year. This year, its parent company was also suspected of defrauding the government through the “100% Guarantee Special Loan”; a company director was arrested, employees were owed wages, and the company was subsequently placed under receivership. The original Channel C team secured a new investor to launch a new platform, Channel WE, which formally began operations this month.
24 Jul 2025光傳媒#7090
Information Freedom Report: Hong Kong Government Systematically Dismantling Mechanisms for Access to Information in Public and Private Spheres
智庫「中國戰略風險研究所」今（24日）發表最新報告，指香港的資訊取得權正逐步衰退，《國安法》及《維護國家安全條例》實施後，港府透過跨部門、跨制度的協調行動，削弱並限制香港公眾獲取資訊的權利。報告又指當局一方面系統性地瓦解資訊透明度機制，另一方面維持程序正常的假象，對國際企業、公民社會及海外港人造成前所未有的挑戰。
「中國戰略風險研究所」（The China Strategic Risks Institute, CSRI）發表題為「評估香港資訊自由制度對透明度和問責制的影響」最新報告，分析香港資訊自由制度，報告指香港本應在「一國兩制」框架下保障新聞自由與公民權利，並具較高透明度及公眾問責機制。然而，自2020年《國安法》及2024年《維護國家安全條例》實施後，香港資訊環境出現根本轉變。
The China Strategic Risks Institute (CSRI), a think tank, published its latest report today (the 24th), saying that the right to access information in Hong Kong is gradually eroding. Since the implementation of the National Security Law and the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, the Hong Kong government has weakened and restricted the public’s right to access information through coordinated actions across departments and systems. The report said that while the authorities are systematically dismantling mechanisms for information transparency, they are also maintaining the appearance of normal procedures, creating unprecedented challenges for international businesses, civil society and Hong Kong people overseas.
The report, titled “Assessing the Impact of Hong Kong’s Freedom of Information Regime on Transparency and Accountability”, analyses Hong Kong’s freedom of information regime. It said Hong Kong was supposed to safeguard press freedom and civil rights under the “one country, two systems” framework, with a relatively high degree of transparency and public accountability mechanisms. However, the information environment in Hong Kong has undergone a fundamental change since the implementation of the National Security Law in 2020 and the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance in 2024.
23 Jul 2025獨媒#7077
Correctional Services Department: No Restrictions or Conditions Imposed on Any Visits to Date
昨日（7月22日）有傳懲教署引用新例，禁止一名公眾人士探訪在囚人士。懲教署昨晚發稿指，該訪客不在相關在囚人士登記探訪名單上，故拒絕其探訪。署方亦指，自《2025年監獄（修訂）規則》上周五生效至今，從未引用《監獄規則》第48條禁止任何人士進行探訪，亦未曾就任何探訪施加限制或條件。
懲教署重申，根據既定機制，探訪者必須是在囚人士探訪名單上的申報訪客。
據了解，該名公眾人士本周一曾確認其名字在探訪名單之上，惟至昨日探訪時，卻獲告知不在名單上，成功探訪的同行者曾向該名在囚人士查詢，對方指未有刪除其名字，將向署方再作了解。
It was reported yesterday (22 July) that the Correctional Services Department had invoked new legislation to bar a member of the public from visiting an inmate. In a statement issued last night, the department said the visitor was not on the relevant inmate’s registered visitors list and was therefore refused entry. It also said that since the Prison (Amendment) Rules 2025 came into force last Friday, it had never invoked Rule 48 of the Prison Rules to prohibit anyone from making a visit, nor imposed any restrictions or conditions on any visit.
The department reiterated that, under the established mechanism, visitors must be declared visitors on an inmate’s visitors list.
It is understood that the member of the public confirmed on Monday this week that their name was on the visitors list, but was told yesterday when attempting to visit that it was not. A companion who successfully made the visit subsequently asked the inmate about the matter. The inmate said they had not deleted the person’s name and would make further enquiries with the department.
23 Jul 2025獨媒#7080
Channel C Social Media Accounts Taken Over and Renamed Tagline HK; Netizens Urge Unfollowing
網媒《Channel C》去年起傳出財困，今年其母公司亦涉嫌詐騙政府「百分百擔保特惠貸款」，公司董事被捕，員工被欠薪，公司及後更被接管。《Channel C》原有獲逾41萬及73萬追蹤的IG及YouTube帳戶，亦為資產之一。昨日（7月22日）該兩個帳戶被更名為《Tagline HK》，用色為粉藍色，自稱為全新媒體平台，引來爭議。有網民籲退訂，兩個帳戶今早分別餘下約36萬及70萬追蹤。
The online media outlet Channel C has reportedly faced financial difficulties since last year. This year, its parent company was also suspected of defrauding the government over the 100% Guarantee Special Loan, its company director was arrested, employees were owed wages, and the company was subsequently taken over. Channel C’s Instagram and YouTube accounts, which had more than 410,000 and 730,000 followers respectively, were among its assets. Yesterday (July 22), both accounts were renamed Tagline HK, adopted a powder-blue colour scheme and described themselves as a brand-new media platform, prompting controversy. Some netizens urged people to unfollow them, and by this morning the two accounts had about 360,000 and 700,000 followers remaining respectively.
23 Jul 2025Yahoo#7082
Multiple Sham Shui Po shops named for “soft resistance”; merchants lament undeserved misfortune after anonymous “be careful” calls | Yahoo
《文匯報》頭版昨日點名批評，深水埗一帶多間食肆及零售店陳列或售賣具煽動意味的產品，試圖鼓吹軟對抗。有被點名的店舖接受《Yahoo新聞》訪問時表示，自己從沒有煽動意圖，形容事件為無妄之災；亦有其他店舖負責人強調不會因而將貨品下架，或限制自己的言論自由。
Muze Pens 名筆館發售「2019 年得獎設計限量版 849 原子筆」，被《文匯報》形容是公然以「黑暴」年份作為銷售賣點。面對指控，店舖負責人表示「謠言止於智者」，不會因此而將受影響的筆下架。
The Wen Wei Po named and criticised several restaurants and retail shops in Sham Shui Po in its front-page report yesterday, alleging that they were displaying or selling products carrying seditious connotations in an attempt to promote “soft resistance”. In interviews with Yahoo News, some of the named shop operators said they had never intended to incite anyone and described the incident as an undeserved misfortune. Other shop operators stressed that they would not remove their products or restrict their freedom of speech as a result. Some also received anonymous telephone warnings telling them to “be more careful”.
Muze Pens was selling the “2019 Award-Winning Design Limited Edition 849 Ballpoint Pen”, which the Wen Wei Po described as openly using the year of the “black-clad violence” as a sales selling point. In response to the allegation, the shop operator said, “Rumours stop with the wise,” and would not remove the affected pens from sale as a result.
22 Jul 2025獨媒#7072
Wen Wei Po says Sham Shui Po has a “soft resistance” group, calls for police and FEHD to eliminate national security risks
《文匯報》揀選在7月21日刊出「趕絕軟對抗」系列文章，首日針對獨立書展涉煽動「反中亂港」，該報今日再以頭版稱，深水埗出現「軟對抗」團夥，又形容黃竹街和大南街一帶成為「黑暴餘孽大本營」，有多間餐廳及零售店張貼宣傳獨立書展的海報，又售賣「極具煽動意味」的文創產品。《文匯報》社論表示「黃色經濟圈」捲土重來響起警鐘，警方、食環署等政府部門應「責無旁貸積極履行職責，實施果斷行動」，稱要「徹底消除國安風險，確保香港長治久安」。
什麼是《文匯報》標題所指的「深水埗軟對抗團夥」？該篇文章列出獨立書展宣傳小冊子之中，主辦方推薦的17間食肆，主要分布在大南街、黃竹街和石硤尾街一帶。
Wen Wei Po began publishing a series of articles titled “Drive Out Soft Resistance” on 21 July. On the first day, it targeted the Independent Book Fair, alleging that it was involved in inciting “opposition to China and chaos in Hong Kong”. Today, the newspaper said on its front page that a “soft resistance” group had emerged in Sham Shui Po, describing the area around Wong Chuk Street and Tai Nan Street as a “base for remnants of black violence”. It said several restaurants and retail shops had put up posters promoting the Independent Book Fair and were selling “highly inflammatory” cultural and creative products. An editorial in Wen Wei Po said the resurgence of the “yellow economic circle” had sounded an alarm, and that government departments including the police and the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department should “actively fulfil their duties without shirking responsibility and take decisive action”, saying they must “completely eliminate national security risks and ensure Hong Kong’s lasting peace and stability”.
What does the “Sham Shui Po soft resistance group” referred to in Wen Wei Po’s headline mean? The article listed 17 eateries recommended by the organisers in the Independent Book Fair’s promotional booklet, mainly located around Tai Nan Street, Wong Chuk Street and Shek Kip Mei Street.
22 Jul 2025集誌社#7073
Book fairs under pressure: Hong Kong Book Fair removes books, independent festival halted over “force majeure”, “Reading Everywhere” accused of incitement
政府強調「軟對抗」下，無論是主流的會展書展，抑或獨立書店舉辦的書展、書祭，連日來受到不同的壓力。據了解，在灣仔會展舉行的香港書展，繼去年有書被貿發局要求下架後，今年再有出版商被要求下架「被投訴」書籍。獨立書店方面，獵人書店舉辦的「無處不閱讀」獨立出版書展，昨被《文匯報》頭版指涉嫌「反中亂港」，早前兩度遭食環署巡查；香港文學生活館亦（ 21 日）宣布，因「不可抗力」中止已舉行了 3 天的「搬遷散書祭」。
As the government stresses the issue of “soft resistance”, both the mainstream Hong Kong Book Fair at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and book fairs and festivals organised by independent bookstores have come under various pressures in recent days. It is understood that, after the TDC asked for books to be removed from sale at last year’s Hong Kong Book Fair, a publisher was again asked this year to remove books that had been “complained about”. As for independent bookstores, the “Reading Everywhere” independent publishing book fair organised by Hunter Bookstore was accused of allegedly being “anti-China and destabilising Hong Kong” in a Wen Wei Po front-page report yesterday, and had earlier been inspected twice by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department. Hong Kong Literature and Life Hall also announced on the 21st that it was suspending the “Relocation Book Dispersal Festival”, which had been held for three days, because of “force majeure”.
21 Jul 2025獨媒#7063
Six Years Since 7.21: People Born in the 2000s Stand in Silence at Yuen Long Station, Saying the Incident Is Unforgettable
在六年前今日，大批白衣人衝進港鐵元朗站襲擊市民。事件六年過去，有「零零後」市民今晚到元朗站默站，其中居住在元朗的馬小姐稱，其在721事件發生時尚未成年，憶述當時觀看時任立法會議員林卓廷的直播，對自己的家附近發生這樣的事感到震驚：「發生咗咁樣嘅事，一直都忘記唔到。」
Six years ago today, a large group of people dressed in white stormed into the MTR Yuen Long Station and attacked members of the public. Six years after the incident, some people born in the 2000s stood in silence at Yuen Long Station this evening. Among them, Ms Ma, who lives in Yuen Long, said she was underage when the 7.21 incident occurred. Recalling that she watched a livestream by then-Legislative Council member Lam Cheuk-ting, she said she was shocked that something like this had happened near her home: “I’ve never been able to forget that something like this happened.”
21 Jul 2025獨媒#7064
Wen Wei Po Runs Front-Page Series Titled “Eradicate Soft Resistance”, Accuses Independent Book Fair of Incitement
在《國安法》實施五周年前夕，特首李家超高調提到香港「小人滿街」，又提醒公眾小心肯定存在的「軟對抗」。繼早前稱本土研究社搞「地下反政府活動」後，《文匯報》推出「趕絕軟對抗」系列文章，指控民間主辦的獨立書展涉嫌煽動「反中亂港」。該文章稱，獨立書展為記協籌款，出售民主黨前主席劉慧卿、公民黨前黨員韋安仕的書籍，又指一拳書館售罄《黎智英傳》，並於月底返貨。
文章引述立法會議員意見指，「軟對抗」令人防不勝防，市民若發現任何可疑書籍或元素，應立即向警方舉報，切勿縱容任何可能危害香港繁榮穩定的元素死灰復燃，又指獨立書展只是「掛羊頭賣狗肉」，販賣「釋放反中亂港元素」的書籍，不排除違反《國安法》。
On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the implementation of the National Security Law, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu prominently referred to Hong Kong as having “villains everywhere” and reminded the public to beware of “soft resistance”, which he said certainly exists. After previously alleging that the Local Research Community was engaged in “underground anti-government activities”, Wen Wei Po launched a series of articles titled “Eradicate Soft Resistance”, accusing the community-organised Independent Book Fair of allegedly inciting “opposition to China and disorder in Hong Kong”. The article said the Independent Book Fair was raising funds for the Hong Kong Journalists Association by selling books by former Democratic Party chairperson Emily Lau and former Civic Party member Stephen Vines. It also said One Punch Bookstore had sold out of The Biography of Jimmy Lai and would receive new stock at the end of the month.
The article quoted legislators as saying that “soft resistance” was difficult to guard against. Members of the public who discovered any suspicious books or elements should immediately report them to the police and must not tolerate the resurgence of any elements that could endanger Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability. It also said the Independent Book Fair was merely “selling dog meat under the guise of mutton”, trading in books that “release elements opposed to China and seeking disorder in Hong Kong”, and that it could not be ruled out that this violated the National Security Law.
21 Jul 2025集誌社#7065
Six Years Since 721｜Red Gauze Confiscated; Lui Yuk Lin Says Police Said It Might Breach National Security Law; Members of Public in Black Gather to “Witness”
今日是 721 事件六年，警方於下午 3 時 45 分，在元朗站外部署戰術巴士、衝鋒車，另分別派約十多名軍裝、便衣警員在站內巡邏。有市民身穿印上「做對的事永遠都是時候」字句的黑色衫，在黃昏來到元朗站。記者下午於站內觀察期間，一度被警員截查，登記資料後獲放行。
Today marks six years since the 721 incident. At 3:45 p.m., police deployed tactical buses and police vans outside Yuen Long Station, and separately sent around a dozen uniformed and plainclothes officers to patrol inside the station. A member of the public wearing a black shirt printed with the words “It is always the right time to do the right thing” arrived at Yuen Long Station in the evening. During the reporter’s observation inside the station in the afternoon, police stopped and questioned the reporter, who was released after providing registration details.
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