10 Jun 2025集誌社#6886
申訴署刪「訴」｜下架報告何處尋？ 網站時光機全備份 曾稱有版權 轉載會否違例？ 署方：建議諮詢法律意見
The Office of The Ombudsman’s earlier removal of years of reports from its website sparked controversy. Access now requires a written application and an in-person, time-limited visit to the office. However, the Internet Archive, a non-profit organisation, had long backed up the removed reports on the Wayback Machine. Asked whether publicly reposting links to the relevant archived reports, or publicly uploading the report contents, would violate the Copyright Ordinance, the Office told The Collective: “The Office suggests that you seek legal advice.”
申訴專員公署早前刪除網站多年報告引起爭議，現時需書面申請，親身到辦公室限時查閱。不過，非牟利組織 The Internet Archive 建立的平台「網站時光機」（Ｗayback Machine）早已備份下架的報告。被問市民公開轉載相關備份報告的連結，或公開上載報告內容會否觸犯《版權條例》。申訴專員公署回覆《集誌社》稱，「公署建議你諮詢法律意見」。
2 Jun 2025光傳媒#6851
申訴專員公署網頁大刪報告 民間組織接力整理目錄重現人間
The Office of The Ombudsman was found to have removed large numbers of investigation reports, annual reports, mediation cases and related press releases from its website, retaining only materials from the past three years and prompting public outcry. Although the office allows members of the public to inspect the materials in person, it requires them to provide details including the report topic, department involved and month of publication, while not providing a directory of reports that have been taken offline. Over the past week, two civic groups used different methods to locate the relevant materials and reconstructed a directory of nearly 238 reports, covering all reports removed from the office’s website. The Liber Research Community, one of the groups involved, criticised the office for setting a “bad example” in handling publicly available information, raising concerns that other departments might follow suit and make more historically valuable documents unavailable.
The office reiterated that members of the public could submit written requests for information not available on the website. However, after testing the process in person, several media organisations found that applicants first had to complete a form stating the topic of the report they wished to inspect, the department involved and the month of publication. Office staff said that providing detailed information would make it easier to locate the relevant report accurately; if applicants could only provide general information, they would have to wait for a response from the office. As the office does not provide a report directory, members of the public face difficulties in completing the form accurately.
申訴專員公署被揭在網頁刪走大量調查報告、年報、調解個案和相關新聞稿，僅保留近三年資料，引起輿論譁然。雖公署允許市民親身查閱資料，惟要求填寫報告主題、涉及部門及公布月份等資料，卻不提供已下架報告的目錄。兩個民間組織過去一周以不同方式尋找相關資料，重新製作有近238份報告的目錄，涵蓋公署已於網站移除的所有報告。有份出力的本土研究社批評，若公署示範一個處理公開資料的「壞榜樣」，讓人憂慮其他部門會否「有樣學樣」，令更多昔日具參考價值的文件不予公開。
公署雖重申市民可書面要求索取網站以外資料，但多間傳媒親身實測後發現，市民需要先填表格，包括欲查閱報告的主題、涉及部門、公布月份。署方職員表示，提供資料詳細的話，較易準確地查找出相關報告，若只能籠統填寫，則需待公署回應。由於公署不提供報告目錄，市民要準確填表面對一定阻礙。
1 Sept 2023The Point#8307
備份近300條反修例運動短片 Instagram香港記錄者宣布停運及刪除影片
The Instagram page “Hong Kong Recorder” announced in a post on Thursday (August 31) that, for personal reasons, it would immediately stop uploading news clips from various media outlets concerning the Anti-Extradition Bill Movement and other protests, and had deleted nearly 300 archived videos. “Hong Kong Recorder” apologised in the post and included the words of encouragement: “Hong Kong people, keep it up.”
Instagram專頁「香港記錄者」周四（8月31日）發文宣布，基於個人理由，即日起停止於Instagram上傳各傳媒有關反修例運動及其他示威行動的新聞片段，並已刪除近300條過往的影片備份。「香港記錄者」於帖文道歉，及附上打氣字句，「香港人加油」。
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