8 Sept 2025明報#7269
堅持5年「沒遺憾」 《埔報》停刊社媒續運
Community newspapers sprang up across Hong Kong a few years ago, but few remain today. Po Post, which records happenings in the Tai Po community, announced last week that it would cease publication. Its founder, Nelson, described the experience of running the newspaper as “really crazy”. He said he founded the community newspaper five years ago in the hope of doing something for the community, and began writing articles after work and travelling around Tai Po on weekends to find different stories for the district newspaper. He said he was grateful to his younger self for having been so passionate, and felt “very proud, with no regrets” after keeping the publication going until now.
Nelson said the original aim of running the newspaper was to break down barriers and allow residents in the district who did not use the internet to access a diversity of voices. However, he found that the response was limited, and said the gap between ideals and reality had left him discouraged. With manpower and funding also scarce, he ultimately decided to cease publishing the print newspaper after completing its current 14th issue. He said Po Post’s social media platforms would be retained, but would not conduct as many interviews or reports as the newspaper, and its content would not be as detailed.
社區報幾年前如雨後春筍般冒出，但𠵱家已經寥寥可數，記錄大埔社區事情嘅《埔報》上周都公布停刊。《埔報》創辦人Nelson形容自己辦報歷程，「我覺得呢個行為係大癲」，話5年前創辦社區報係希望為社區做啲事，於是開始放工寫稿、假日游走大埔，為區報發掘不同故事。佢話感恩當日滿腔熱血嘅自己，話為呢份刊物捱到今時今日，「覺得很光榮，沒有遺憾」。
Nelson話，辦報初衷係想打破隔膜，讓區內唔接觸網絡嘅街坊都可以接收到多元聲音，但佢話做落嚟發覺得到嘅回響唔太多，認為理想同現實嘅落差令佢氣餒，加上人手及資金緊絀，最終選擇出版完今期第14期後停刊實體報紙。佢話會保留《埔報》社交平台，但唔會如報紙般做好多採訪和報道，內容亦唔會好似報紙咁詳盡。
5 Sept 2025庭訊#7262
記者手記｜遇上記者會「case by case」的特別安排
A few minutes before the press conference began, a member of the police media liaison team came to the reporters’ area looking for the Court Journal’s reporter. The officer said that the Court Journal was not a registered user of the Government News and Media Information System (GNMIS), and was therefore not allowed to remain in the reporters’ area or raise a hand to ask questions. The reporter could move to the public area instead. The officer pointed to a spot farther from the mic area, where it was almost impossible even to see the speaker’s face, let alone hear the remarks clearly or take photographs. After the reporter raised concerns, the officer indicated that the reporter could stay as long as they did not enter the reporters’ area or ask questions.
This was not the first time reporters had covered a press conference outside a court. After a sentencing last month in a case involving an insult to the national anthem, police also held a press conference outside Eastern Magistrates’ Courts. The Court Journal’s reporter stood with other journalists and covered it that day without any obstruction. Having encountered an arrangement as unusual as yesterday’s for the first time, the reporter asked the relevant media liaison personnel about the reason after the press conference ended, and also asked whether this was a newly added arrangement. The media liaison personnel said it would be handled “case by case”.
開始前數分鐘，有警方傳媒聯絡隊人員前來記者區尋找本刊記者，指《庭刊》並非政府新聞處新聞發布系統（GNMIS）登記用戶，不得留在記者區及舉手發問，可移至公眾區，對方手指向一個距離「咪兜」較遠的位置，該處連發言人的容貌都近乎看不見，遑論要聽清楚發言或拍照？記者提出關注後，對方示意只要不踏入記者區、不提問便可。
在法院外採訪記者會已非首次，上月底一宗侮辱國歌判刑後，警方亦在東區裁判法院外開記者會，本刊記者當日與一眾同業站在一起採訪，完全沒有受阻，首次遇到昨天這樣特別的安排，本刊記者遂於記者會完結後，向傳媒聯絡隊相關人員了解原因，亦關注是否「新加」的安排，傳媒聯絡人員表示會「case by case」處理。
3 Sept 2025Yahoo#7246
涉揭露臥底警身份 私隱署要求搜尋結果下架 Google 拒絕：純為合法新聞活動
Google’s latest Public Information Report shows that the Hong Kong government made 36 requests to remove content in the second half of last year, involving 126 items. Ultimately, 41 items were removed. In one case, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data asked Google to remove seven website search results, saying they disclosed an undercover police officer’s name, university and other information. Google considered the content part of lawful journalistic activity and ultimately did not remove it.
Police made the most removal requests. The report said that since 2011, Google had received 430 removal requests from the Hong Kong government involving 2,001 items. The latest figures cover July to December 2024. Police made the most requests, with 23, followed by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, with seven.
Google 發布最新《公開資訊報告》，顯示香港政府在去年下半年共提出 36 次移除內容的要求，涉及 126 個項目，最終有 41 個項目被移除。其中一宗個案涉及個人資料私隱專員公署，要求 Google 移除 7 個網站搜尋結果，稱揭露一名臥底警察姓名及大學等資訊，但 Google 認為相關內容屬於合法新聞活動，最終沒有下架。
警方提出的移除要求最多
《報告》指出，自 2011 年以來，Google 收到來自香港政府的移除要求共 430 次，涉及 2,001 個項目。最新數字統計去年下半年，即 2024 年 7 月 至 12 月，由警方提出的移除要求最多，有 23 次，其次是私隱專員公署，有 7 次。
26 Aug 2025光傳媒#7211
民意調查數量大減 多間研究機構近年終止特首及官員民望調查
The terms “opinion polls” and “popularity ratings” may once have been frequently heard in the news, but amid the current social environment, some polling organisations have sharply reduced the number of surveys they conduct and even avoided sensitive issues such as “popularity ratings”. The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, which announced in February that it would indefinitely suspend all self-funded research, said that “red lines everywhere” had deterred both the organisation and respondents. The Hong Kong Research Association said it ended its surveys on the popularity of the Chief Executive and officials last year to prevent popularity ratings from being used by “people with ulterior motives” for “sensationalism”. Li Lifeng, a scholar at CUHK, expressed concern that if even relatively non-sensitive policies lacked opinion polls, this could affect the Government’s assessment of public sentiment when formulating policies.
The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at CUHK, and the Hong Kong Research Association were previously Hong Kong’s three main polling organisations. Statistics show that the number of polls publicly released by the three institutes has declined increasingly over the past six months. The Hong Kong Research Association, for example, released 14 survey results last year, including a “Survey on Public Satisfaction Ratings of the Chief Executive, Secretaries of Departments and Directors of Bureaux, and the HKSAR Government” and a “Survey on Public Expectations of Chief Executive John Lee’s 2024 Policy Address”. As of the end of July this year, it had released only three reports, including a “Survey on Public Views of Lai See Money and Chinese New Year Spending”, a “Survey on Public Expectations of the 2025–26 Budget”, and a “Survey on Public Views of Social Development”.
民意調查、民望這些字眼，過往大家可能常常在新聞聽到，但在現今的社會環境下，部分民調機構不惜大減民調數量，甚至避開「民望」等敏感議題。2月宣布無限期擱置所有自費研究的香港民意研究所則形容，「紅線處處」令機構和受訪者卻步；香港研究協會就表示，去年終止特首及官員民望調查，是避免民望被「有心人」利用「嘩眾取寵」。中大學者李立峯憂慮，若連不太敏感的政策都缺乏民調，或影響政府制定政策時評估民情。
香港民意研究所、中大香港亞太研究所，以及香港研究協會，過去是本港最主要的民調機構，統計顯示，三間研究所公開發表的民調近半年愈趨減少。以香港研究協會為例，去年曾發表14份調查結果，包括「市民對特首、司局長及特區政府滿意度評分調查」、「市民對2024年特首李家超《施政報告》的期望調查」等；而今年截至7月底，僅發表過3份報告，包括「市民對利是錢及新年消費的意見調查」、「市民對2025至26年度財政預算案的期望調查」及「市民對社會發展概況的意見調查」。
25 Aug 2025BBC#7208
彭博駐港記者續簽被拒 外國記者會稱加劇對香港新聞自由擔憂
Hong Kong’s immigration authorities have again refused to issue a work visa to a foreign journalist.
The latest journalist involved is Bloomberg News reporter Rebecca Choong Wilkins, who has been based in Hong Kong for six years and is currently on maternity leave.
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong, issued a statement last Friday (22 August) announcing the matter. It said the authorities had provided no reason for refusing to renew her visa, exacerbating concerns over the erosion of press freedom in Hong Kong.
A Bloomberg News spokesperson told BBC Chinese that the company could not comment on individual cases, but said it would fully support Choong Wilkins and continue to address the matter through appropriate channels.
香港入境部門再次拒絕為外國記者發放工作簽證。
最新的一位涉事人為彭博新聞（Bloomberg）記者鍾碧琪（Rebecca Choong Wilkins），她已駐港6年，目前正放產假。
上周五，香港外國記者會（FCC）率先於（8月22日）發聲明公佈消息，指當局並未就其拒絕簽證續簽提供任何理由，加劇對香港新聞自由受侵蝕的擔憂。
彭博新聞發言人向BBC中文表示，不能評論個別情況，但指會全力支持鍾碧琪，並繼續透過適當渠道解決事件。
22 Aug 2025集誌社#7198
拒外媒續證｜駐港六年 彭博記者續領工作簽證被拒 香港外國記者會高度關注
Another foreign media journalist has been refused renewal of a Hong Kong work visa. The journalist is understood to be with Bloomberg News and has been based in Hong Kong since 2019. The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong said in a statement that it was highly concerned about the incident, adding that the decision would heighten public concerns about press freedom in Hong Kong, and expressed regret. The Immigration Department, as usual, did not respond to questions about the reason. The Collective is making inquiries with Bloomberg and is awaiting a response.
再有外媒記者被拒絕續領香港工作簽證，據了解涉彭博新聞 (Bloomberg) 一名自 2019 年起駐港的記者。香港外國記者會發聲明表示高度關注事件，指有關決定會加強社會對香港新聞自由的疑慮，表示遺憾。入境處則僅一如以往未有回應原因。《集誌社》正向彭博查詢，仍待回覆。
21 Aug 2025HK01#7191
梁文道內地播客《八分半》被指遭全面下架 多個社交媒體帳號被封
The paid mainland podcast programme ‘Eight and a Half Minutes’ by prominent Hong Kong cultural figure Liang Wendao was reportedly removed from, or had its content cleared on, multiple platforms in late July, allegedly because it touched on sensitive topics. In response to an inquiry from HK01 at the time, Liang said that his team had “only received notices that accounts on several social media platforms were temporarily prohibited from publishing new content for 15 days”, and said the programme should resume as scheduled on 6 August.
However, Singapore newspaper Lianhe Zaobao reported on the 20th (Wednesday) that the programme remains unavailable in mainland China, and that multiple official social media accounts whose content had previously been cleared have also been blocked. HK01 has contacted Liang for comment on the matter but has not yet received a reply.
香港著名文化人梁文道在內地的收費播客節目《八分半》被指疑因觸碰敏感議題，7月下旬在多個平台下架或清空內容。梁文道當時在回覆《香港01》查詢時表示，其團隊「只是幾個社交媒體平台上的帳號收到通知，暫時不准發布新內容15天」，又指8月6日應該就會如期恢復。
外媒《聯合早報》20日（周三）報道卻指，該節目在內地至今仍處於下架狀態，梁文道此前遭清空內容的多個官方社交媒體帳號也已被封禁。《香港01》已向梁文道就事件作出查詢，暫未獲回覆。
6 Aug 2025光傳媒#7140
A.I.滲透宣傳戰 中國公司借《國安法》操控香港輿論
The rapid development of generative artificial intelligence has ushered the global information war into a new era. US scholars specialising in international security affairs said Chinese technology company GoLaxy had become a “leader” in this field. After the National Security Law was implemented in 2020, it suppressed opposing voices in Hong Kong; in 2024, it intervened in Taiwan’s elections, and it is now preparing to enter the US market, posing an unprecedented threat to democratic systems worldwide.
Brett J. Goldstein and Brett V. Benson, professors at Vanderbilt University, co-authored a commentary published in The New York Times yesterday (the 5th). They said that, based on a large number of documents recently uncovered by them at the Institute of National Security, GoLaxy was able to combine generative artificial intelligence with vast databases of personal information. The system could continuously mine data from social media platforms, build dynamic psychological profiles, and tailor content according to individuals’ values, beliefs, emotional tendencies and vulnerabilities.
生成式人工智能（Generative AI）的急速發展，使環球資訊戰進入一個全新時代。美國有專門研究國際安全事務的學者表示，中國科技公司「中科天璣」已升級為這方面的「領先者」，2020年在《國安法》實施後壓制香港反對聲音，2024年再出招干預台灣大選，目前更準備進軍美國，對全球民主制度構成前所未有的威脅。
高德斯坦（Brett J. Goldstein）與賓森（Brett V. Benson）是范登堡大學（Vanderbilt University）教授，兩人昨（5日）在《紐約時報》聯署發表評論文章指，根據他們在國家安全研究所（Institute of National Security）最近發現的大量文件，「中科天璣」（GoLaxy）能夠將生成式人工智能，與龐大的個人數據庫結合，系統能不斷從社交平台挖掘數據，建立動態的心理輪廓，並根據個人的價值觀、信念、情緒傾向與弱點，度身打造專屬內容。
6 Aug 2025集誌社#7142
電檢條例｜台灣電影《我家的事》拒從要求撤映：畫面用字無法過電檢，無法配合修改
The Taiwanese film “My Family’s Affairs”, which was scheduled to be screened at the Summer International Film Festival in the middle of this month, has had its two screenings cancelled after the organiser, the Hong Kong International Film Festival, announced yesterday (6th) that the film could not meet the amendment requirements of the Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration. The Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration said it would not comment on the applications and film-inspection decisions relating to individual films. The filmmakers issued a statement on social media at noon today, saying that the film was cancelled because its on-screen wording could not pass film censorship and that they were unable to comply with the amendments in order to preserve the integrity of the work.
原定本月中在「夏日國際電影節」放映，講述台灣家庭的電影《我家的事》，主辦機構香港國際電影節昨（6日）宣布，電影因未能符合電影、報刊及物品管理辦事處的修改要求，而取消兩場放映。電影、報刊及物品管理辦事處回覆指，不會就個別影片的申請及檢片決定作評論。片方今中午在社交平台發表聲明，指「因畫面用字無法通過電檢」，片方「為保持作品完整性無法配合修改」而取消放映。
4 Aug 2025追新聞#7135
國安時代｜左報點名《追光者》軟對抗 指成立目的是向中港「進行意識形態的宣傳戰」
Two major overseas Hong Kong media outlets, Initium Media and Photon Media, plan to merge to form a new platform, PULSE HK. The platform has attracted attention from Sai Wan even before its launch. Ta Kung Pao, under the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, published a bylined commentary accusing Pulse HK of engaging in soft confrontation, saying the new platform was established to “undermine Hong Kong’s progress from stability to prosperity” and wage an “ideological propaganda war” against China and Hong Kong. Besides implying that the authorities should “enforce the law strictly”, it also called for the authorities to enhance their own soft power. Meanwhile, the PULSE HK incubation programme entered its fourth day, with fundraising temporarily standing at 15%.
兩大海外港人媒體《追新聞》與《光傳媒》計劃合併組成新平台《追光者 PULSE HK》，未開台已引起西環關注。中聯辦旗下的《大公報》發表署名評論文章，點名指控《追光者》軟對抗，指新平台成立目的是「破壞香港由治及興的步伐」、向中港「進行意識形態的宣傳戰」，除了暗示當局要「嚴正執法」，亦要提升自身的軟實力。另一邊廂，《追光者 PULSE HK》育成計劃踏入第四天，籌款進度暫時達15%。
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