12 Nov 2025法庭線#7524
TVB app push notifications: Youth convicted of criminal damage appeals conviction, saying he may have believed he was authorised
青年 2022 年登入《無綫》職員錯誤發出的連結，在「無綫新聞」手機程式發出「比家超见记者」等多條推送通知（App push），被裁定刑事損壞罪成，判社會服務令。他不服定罪提上訴，案件周三（12 日）於高院處理，暫委法官李俊文將於 3 個月內頒判詞。
上訴方指出， TVB 的系統自動授權予公眾進入，上訴人或認為自己獲授權。律政司一方則指，沒證供指出 TVB 授權進入系統，而上訴人具備電腦知識，理應懷疑系統出錯，不會誤會自己獲得授權。
In 2022, a young man logged into a link mistakenly issued by a 《無綫》 staff member and sent multiple push notifications through the “無綫新聞” mobile app, including “比家超见记者”. He was convicted of criminal damage and sentenced to a community service order. He appealed against the conviction. The case was heard in the High Court on Wednesday (12th), and Acting Judge Chun Man (OIAP) Li will deliver the judgment within three months.
The appeal argued that the TVB system automatically authorised public access, and that the appellant might have believed he was authorised. The Department of Justice argued that there was no evidence that TVB had authorised access to the system, and that the appellant had computer knowledge and should have suspected that the system was malfunctioning, meaning he would not have mistakenly believed that he had authorisation.
28 Jun 2023法庭線#7870
20-year-old man convicted of hacking TVB app and sending push notifications; judge says it harmed TVB’s credibility, orders 200 hours’ community service
20 歲男子去年被指入侵《無綫新聞》手機應用程式，發出多條推送通知，被裁定刑事損壞罪成，周三（28 日）在觀塘裁判法院被判 200 小時社會服務令。裁判官劉綺雲判刑時指，被告所發的訊息誤導大眾，有損無綫電視的形象及公信力，拒絕採納感化報告建議 80 小時社服令，判處更高的服務時數。
A 20-year-old man was convicted of criminal damage after allegedly hacking the TVB News mobile application last year and sending multiple push notifications. He was sentenced to 200 hours of community service at Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday (28th). In sentencing, Magistrate Lau Yee-wan said the messages sent by the defendant misled the public and harmed TVB’s image and credibility. She rejected the probation report’s recommendation of 80 hours of community service and imposed a higher number of service hours.
29 Jul 2021立場新聞#1466
Police reportedly arrest two netizens on suspicion of conspiracy to commit criminal intimidation and other offences; TVB News: arrestees allegedly called for a permanent boycott of TVB
警方以涉嫌刑事恐嚇、煽惑他人有意圖而傷人、煽動他人參與非法集結及煽惑他人襲擊致造成身體實際傷害四項罪名，拘捕兩名在社交媒體呼籲抵制無綫電視及其有關商戶的網民。
Police arrested two netizens on suspicion of four offences: criminal intimidation, inciting others to cause grievous bodily harm with intent, inciting others to participate in an unlawful assembly, and inciting others to assault, occasioning actual bodily harm. The two had allegedly called on social media for a boycott of TVB and its related merchants.
15 Sept 2020獨媒#816
TVB employee suspected of spreading online remarks attacking advertisers arrested for “inciting others to commit criminal damage”
警方今早拘捕一名25歲本地男子，涉於去年中開始，在網上討論區多次散佈煽動他人作刑事毀壞的言論，包括破壞港鐵設施、放火燒毀某電視台的器材、滋擾或攻擊該電視台的藝人、威逼客戶停止在電視台刊登廣告等。網絡安全及科技罪案調查科總督察范俊業強調，言論自由並非絕對，「雖然網上世界有一定隱閉性，但唔代表我哋執法人員無計可施」。
Police arrested a 25-year-old local man this morning on suspicion of repeatedly posting remarks on online discussion forums since the middle of last year inciting others to commit criminal damage, including damaging MTR facilities, setting fire to equipment belonging to a television station, harassing or attacking the station’s artistes, and threatening clients to stop placing advertisements with the station. Senior Inspector Fan Chun-ye of the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau stressed that freedom of speech is not absolute: “Although the online world offers a certain degree of anonymity, that does not mean we law enforcement officers have no means of taking action.”
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