2 Feb 2023獨媒#6003
on.cc Publishes Article and Video Hitting Back at Police: “If Not Pressure, Then Definitely Being Thin-Skinned”
《東網》昨日稱收到警方去信，指其一段影片嘲笑警員，《東網》則稱其報導基於事實，以「施壓信」形容警方的信件。《東網》今日再連環反擊，先於下午於刊出題為《捉賊破案不濟 警察偷拍偷懶濫權樣樣齊》的報導，及後再發布一條題為《諍言逆耳發老脾 聞過則怒撐飯蓋》的影片「回應」，影片主持稱警方來信如不是希望施壓傳媒，「亦肯定係玻璃心」。
on.cc said yesterday that it had received a letter from the police accusing it of mocking officers in a video. on.cc said its report was based on facts and described the police letter as a “pressure letter”. It hit back again today, first publishing an article in the afternoon titled “Poor at Catching Thieves and Solving Cases; Police Excel at Covert Filming, Shirking and Abuse of Power”, followed by a video titled “Truthful Words Grate on the Ears, Lose One’s Temper; Get Angry at What One Hears and Defend One’s Rice Bowl” as a “response”. The video’s presenter said that if the police letter was not intended to pressure the media, “then it was definitely because they were thin-skinned”.
1 Feb 2023ReNews#5997
Police Write to Oriental Daily Expressing Displeasure Over Clip Mocking Officers
據《東網》報道，《東方報業集團》旗下的《東網視頻》，昨日發布一段「男子漢無搏雞力 治安壞市民心驚」的短片，今日收到警察信件，「以嘲笑的態度對警員作出偏頗的批評，對此表示極度遺憾及強烈不滿」，《東網》形容信件是「施壓信」，指相關片段內容以事實為依歸，評論警察過去在多宗案件表現，「如實反映社會現象，《東網》就此作出評論，旨在引起公眾關注及討論，節目主持人以幽默手法，發揮傳媒「第四權」監察作用之天職。」
According to ON.CC, ON.CC Video, under the Oriental Press Group, posted a short video yesterday titled “Men Have No Strength to Fight a Chicken; Poor Law and Order Frightens the Public”. It received a letter from the police today stating that the video “made biased criticisms of police officers in a mocking manner”, and expressing “extreme regret and strong dissatisfaction”. ON.CC described the letter as a “pressure letter”, saying the clip was based on facts and commented on the police’s performance in multiple past cases. It said the clip truthfully reflected social phenomena, and that its commentary was intended to draw public attention and discussion, while the programme host used humour to fulfil the media’s duty to exercise its “fourth estate” watchdog role.
31 Jan 2023明報#5995
Review of sponge-round shooting of reporter upholds “unsubstantiated” finding
2019年11月反修例運動期間，時任商台記者於旺角採訪時被防暴警察從後發射海綿彈擊中。投訴警察課調查後，去年將指控列為「無法證實」。記者提出覆核，監警會本月中回覆稱，投訴警察課覆核個案和相關影片後，認為調查無任何不妥之處，結果「維持不變」，監警會亦同意。事主鄭先生對警方和監警會維持失實結論極度失望，重申不同意有關調查結果，惟現階段無意再上訴。
During the anti-extradition bill movement in November 2019, a then Commercial Radio reporter was hit in Mong Kok by a sponge round fired from behind by riot police while covering the events. After investigating, the Complaints Against Police Office classified the allegation as “unsubstantiated” last year. The reporter sought a review, and the Independent Police Complaints Council replied in mid-month that, after the Complaints Against Police Office reviewed the case and relevant footage, it found no impropriety in the investigation and that the result would “remain unchanged”. The Independent Police Complaints Council agreed. Mr Cheng, the complainant, said he was extremely disappointed that the police and the council had maintained what he considered an inaccurate conclusion, and reiterated his disagreement with the investigation result, but said he had no intention of pursuing a further appeal at this stage.
13 Jan 2023棱角 The Points#5944
Online Media Outlet The Points Formally Established
網媒《棱角 The Points》正式成立
Online media outlet The Points was formally established.
12 Jan 2023獨媒#5936
Chris Kin Hing Yeung: Press freedom under dark clouds; Stand News unlikely to resume
記協前主席楊健興出席前立法會議員劉慧卿《議會內外》節目，討論新聞自由。楊健興在節目中提到，新聞自由如今日天氣般陰雲密佈，「都幾灰」。被問到一年前停運的《眾新聞》有否機會復辦，他稱機會不大。
Former Hong Kong Journalists Association chair Chris Kin Hing Yeung appeared on former Legislative Council member Emily Lau’s programme “Inside and Outside the Council” to discuss press freedom. Chris Kin Hing Yeung said on the programme that press freedom was shrouded in dark clouds, like the weather that day, and was “quite grey”. Asked whether Stand News, which ceased operations a year ago, had any chance of resuming, Chris Kin Hing Yeung said the chances were slim.
10 Jan 2023獨媒#5930
Ta Kung editorial says yellow-ribbon camp smears border reopening as causing Hong Kong to “fall”, urges departments to “enforce decisively”
香港與內地前日已經開始通關，市民對通關有不同意見。黨媒《大公報》今日社評稱，連日來香港「沉浸在通關的喜悅」，但社交平台出現抹黑通關政策，意圖製造兩地矛盾的「雜音」，例如抹黑通關令香港「淪陷」。社評又稱是「黃絲」作祟，再次挑起中港矛盾，提醒部門要「果斷執法」。文章又稱香港單靠「內循環」養活不到700多萬港人，需要「打開門做生意」。
Hong Kong and mainland China began reopening their border the day before yesterday, and the public has expressed differing views on the reopening. In an editorial today, the pro-Beijing newspaper Ta Kung Pao said that Hong Kong had been “immersed in the joy of reopening” in recent days, but that “noise” had appeared on social media smearing the border-reopening policy and intending to create conflict between the two places, such as smearing the reopening as causing Hong Kong to “fall”. The editorial said this was the work of the “yellow-ribbon camp”, which had again stirred up conflict between Hong Kong and mainland China, and reminded departments to “enforce decisively”. The article also said Hong Kong could not support its more than 7 million residents through the “internal circulation” alone and needed to “open its doors to do business”.
9 Jan 2023HKFP#5919
TVB subscription service myTV SUPER to stop carrying all BBC channels after month-end
TVB 旗下的收費服務 myTV SUPER 將會有新改動，由 1 月 31 日起不再提供所有英國 BBC 的頻道。《HKFP》曾經就事件向 TVB 查詢，但對方以不評論個別情況回應，僅表示他們一直定期檢視節目內容，為觀眾提供具資訊性和啟發性的節目。
TVB’s subscription service myTV SUPER will undergo changes and will no longer carry all UK BBC channels from 31 January. HKFP previously asked TVB about the matter, but it declined to comment on individual cases, saying only that it regularly reviews its programme content to provide viewers with informative and inspiring programmes.
5 Jan 2023獨媒#5910
Zun Zi Cartoon Satirises John Lee as Able to Do Whatever He Wants After Interpretation of National Security Law; Christopher Cheung Condemns It as Biased, Misleading and Untrue
《明報》今日刊登一幅尊子的漫畫，諷刺身兼港區國安委主席的行政長官李家超，在人大常委會就《港區國安法》釋法後可以「為所欲為」。政務司司長陳國基在社交網站發文，指尊子漫畫對行政長官履行維護國家安全的憲制責任作偏頗、誤導及失實的指控，特區政府深切遺憾。
Ming Pao published a cartoon by Zun Zi today satirising Chief Executive John Lee, who is also chairman of the Hong Kong National Security Committee, as being able to “do whatever he wants” after the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress issued an interpretation of the Hong Kong National Security Law. Chief Secretary for Administration Christopher Cheung said in a post on a social networking site that the cartoon’s accusations concerning the Chief Executive’s constitutional responsibility to safeguard national security were biased, misleading and untrue, and that the HKSAR Government deeply regretted them.
4 Jan 2023獨媒#5904
Citizen News Website, Facebook Page Closed One Year After It Ceased Operations; Former Editor: “We Picked a Commemorative Date to Take It Offline”
近年政治社會環境變化，多間傳媒機構停運。網媒《眾新聞》去年1 月4日向讀者告別一年後，其網站所有報導今日起下架，網站首頁換上一年前由團隊撰寫的告別文。前總編輯李月華向《獨媒》表示，關閉公司的程序接近完成，有關的網站及專頁理應關閉，至於為何選擇今日關閉網站：「其實無特別意思，既然差不多處理晒公司嘅事，索性搵一個紀念性嘅日子下架」。
Amid changes in Hong Kong’s political and social environment in recent years, several media organisations have ceased operations. One year after online outlet Citizen News bid farewell to readers on January 4 last year, all reports on its website were taken offline today, and the homepage was replaced with a farewell message written by the team a year ago. Former editor Li Yuet-wah told Independent Media that the procedures for closing the company were nearly complete, and that the website and page should accordingly be closed. As to why the website was closed today, she said: “There’s actually no special meaning. Since we’ve almost finished dealing with the company’s affairs, we simply picked a commemorative date to take it offline.”
2 Jan 2023同文#5895
Apple updates iOS 16.2; Hong Kong Safari switches to Tencent to check users’ browsing data, sparking privacy leak fears
近日蘋果推出更新iOS 16.2及macOS 13.1，條款中列明香港區用戶在使用Safari時不會再使用Google作為資料庫，而改為使用騰訊資料庫「騰訊安全瀏覽」檢測惡意網站，即時引起大量網民及蘋果用家擔心更新會造成私隱外洩問題。但蘋果則提到Google及騰訊均可能會記錄用家的IP地址。
Apple recently released updates to iOS 16.2 and macOS 13.1. Their terms state that users in Hong Kong will no longer use Google as the database when using Safari, but will instead use Tencent’s database, Tencent Safe Browsing, to detect malicious websites. This immediately led many internet users and Apple users to worry that the update could cause privacy leaks. Apple, however, said that both Google and Tencent may record users’ IP addresses.
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