6 Mar 2024獨媒#3112
【Article 23 Legislation】Bloomberg Reports Hong Kong Plans to Ban Telegram; Paul Lam: Absolutely No Such Thing
當局列出市民在23條諮詢期間提出的「其他意見」，包括將Facebook、YouTube 等網站撤出香港市場、禁止使用Telegram等加密通訊軟件，被彭博社引述意見報導。在立法會聯席會議上，新民黨葉劉淑儀批評報導引起「優才」恐慌。律政司司長林定國澄清絕無意圖禁制任何社交媒體，只針對「利用、濫用、誤用」工具散播危害國安的行為，他極有理由質疑有人「唯恐天下不亂」阻止立法，「反駁隊」隊長鄧炳強指有人在諮詢期間故意挑選一兩句誤導市民。
Among the “other views” submitted by members of the public during the Article 23 consultation, the authorities listed suggestions including withdrawing websites such as Facebook and YouTube from the Hong Kong market and banning encrypted communications software such as Telegram. Bloomberg cited these views in a report. At a Legislative Council joint meeting, New People’s Party lawmaker Regina Ip criticised the report for causing panic among “talents”. Secretary for Justice Paul Lam clarified that there was absolutely no intention to ban any social media, and that the target was only conduct involving the “use, abuse or misuse” of tools to disseminate acts endangering national security. He said he had strong reason to suspect that someone was “afraid that the world would not be in chaos” and was trying to obstruct the legislation. The captain of “the Response and Rebuttal Team”, Chris Tang, said someone had deliberately selected one or two sentences during the consultation to mislead the public.
20 May 2022明報#2008
Privacy Commissioner considers blocking Telegram; platform expresses surprise, says it regularly deletes doxxing content but will not consider restricting human rights
Telegram回覆傳媒查詢稱，對有關消息感驚訝，強調公司有機制處理「起底」內容，惟重申任何與政治審查或限制人權有關的請求，都不會納入考慮。私隱公署稱不會評論個別個案的執法行動，會視乎有關「起底」信息的數量、頻密性及個案證據，採取適當執法行動，打擊非法「起底」行為。
Telegram, responding to media enquiries, said it was surprised by the reports and stressed that the company has mechanisms for handling doxxing content, while reiterating that it would not consider any requests related to political censorship or restrictions on human rights. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said it would not comment on enforcement action in individual cases, and would take appropriate enforcement action to combat unlawful doxxing depending on the quantity and frequency of the relevant doxxing information and the evidence in each case.
18 May 2022明報#2000
Privacy watchdog studies blocking Telegram; industry fears innocent users could be caught in the crossfire
近日通訊平台Telegram接連出現「起底」信息。消息人士稱，個人資料私隱專員公署曾要求平台刪除「起底」信息不果，現正積極研究，首度引用《個人資料（私隱）條例》停止或限制市民使用Telegram應用程式。有資訊科技界人士表示，署方一旦落實封鎖Telegram，將對本港網絡資訊自由造成很大打擊，日後或可引用相同法例封鎖其他軟件。
Doxxing information has appeared repeatedly on the communications platform Telegram in recent days. Sources said the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data had asked the platform to delete the doxxing information without success, and is now actively studying whether to invoke the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance for the first time to suspend or restrict the public’s use of the Telegram application. Some information technology industry figures said that if the authorities implement a block on Telegram, it would deal a major blow to the freedom of online information in Hong Kong, and the same law could potentially be used to block other software in future.
11 Dec 2021立場新聞#1722
Former district councillor Lau Ka-man and several pro-democracy political figures’ Telegram accounts hacked; hacker’s IP address suspected to be from Hong Kong
前公民黨區議員劉珈汶指，多名前區議員和政治人物的Telegram帳戶被黑客入侵。
Former Civic Party district councillor Lau Ka-man said the Telegram accounts of several former district councillors and political figures had been hacked.
9 Dec 2021立場新聞#1719
Four arrested over alleged calls for ‘three strikes’ in Telegram group; Free HK Media’s Keung Ka Wai among them, sources say
警方拘捕 4 人，指涉及在 Telegram 群組「宣傳、呼籲市民參與未經批准集結」、三罷，以達至他人不打疫苗等目的。
Police arrested four people, alleging that they were involved in promoting and urging members of the public in a Telegram group to participate in an unauthorised assembly and a three-strikes action, with the aim, among other things, of getting others not to be vaccinated.
6 Dec 2021立場(聞庫)#1716
Admits 9 charges including inciting riot; Hoi Gwa Zi Daa Jan Telegram administrator sentenced to 4 years and 10 months; judge: generated violence and promoted hatred
Telegram頻道「開掛之達人」管理員承認「煽惑暴動」、「煽惑縱火」等 9 罪，被判監禁 4 年 10 個月。
The administrator of the Telegram channel “Hoi Gwa Zi Daa Jan” admitted 9 charges, including inciting riot and inciting arson, and was sentenced to 4 years and 10 months’ imprisonment.
20 Apr 2021蘋果場報#1338
Telegram Channel “A Boy Looking for His Parents” Administrator Pleads Guilty to Seditious Offences, Jailed for 3 Years
Telegram頻道「阿囝搵老豆老母」一名管理員前年11月被捕，是反送中以來首次有Telegram管理員因群組內他人言論而被拘控。而管理員群組內並非由她發布的訊息，亦因被告沒質疑或反對而成為罪證。管理員早前承認串煤煽惑他人縱火及串謀作出具煽動意圖的作為，被判入獄3年。
An administrator of the Telegram channel “A Boy Looking for His Parents” was arrested in November two years ago, in what was the first case since the anti-extradition movement in which a Telegram administrator was prosecuted over statements made by others in the group. Messages in the administrator’s group that she had not posted herself also became evidence because the defendant had not questioned or objected to them. She earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to incite others to commit arson and conspiracy to carry out acts with seditious intent, and was sentenced to three years in prison.
30 Mar 2021立場新聞#1299
Telegram channel administrator admits two charges including conspiracy to incite arson; remanded until sentencing on 20th next month
被指是Telegram頻道「阿囝搵老豆老母」管理員之一的一名25歲女子，因頻道曾發出煽動他人使用汽油彈的訊息及侮辱警方的言論而被控。被告承認串謀煽惑他人縱火、串謀作出具煽動意圖作為兩罪。
A 25-year-old woman alleged to be one of the administrators of the Telegram channel “Son Looking for Dad and Mum” was charged over messages on the channel inciting others to use petrol bombs and remarks insulting the police. The defendant admitted two charges: conspiracy to incite others to commit arson and conspiracy to commit acts with seditious intent.
29 Sept 2020獨媒#835
Three men arrested for allegedly inciting arson after LIHKG and Telegram posts mentioning October 1 “fire demons”
警方拘捕三名男子在網絡社交平台上發佈與十一遊行有關的訊息，涉嫌「煽惑他人縱火」、「煽惑他人造成公眾妨擾」及「煽惑他人非法集結」。
科技罪案組網絡安全及科技罪案調查科總督察戴子斌指，被捕人包括兩名19歲學生，另一名則是30歲從事運輸行業的男子，現時仍被扣查。三人於港島東區、新界沙田及屯門進行拘捕。警方撿獲3部手提電話及2部電腦，指案件仍在調查當中，不排除有更多人被捕。
Police arrested three men for allegedly posting messages on social media platforms related to the October 1 march, suspected of inciting others to set fires, cause public nuisance and participate in unlawful assembly.
Chief Inspector Dai Tsz-pan of the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Investigation Division of the Technology Crime Division said those arrested included two 19-year-old students and a 30-year-old man working in the transport industry. They remained in custody. The three men were arrested in Eastern District on Hong Kong Island, Sha Tin and Tuen Mun. Police seized three mobile phones and two computers, and said the investigation was continuing and further arrests could not be ruled out.
11 Sept 2020獨媒#809
Police Arrest 21-Year-Old Telegram Group Administrator over Alleged Incitement to Join Unauthorised Assembly
警方拘捕一名21歲女子，涉嫌透過Telegram群組煽惑他人參與未經批准集結，包括9月6日的九龍遊行。
Police arrested a 21-year-old woman suspected of using a Telegram group to incite others to participate in an unauthorised assembly, including the Kowloon march on September 6.
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