6 Mar 2024獨媒#3112
【23條立法】彭博報導香港擬禁用Telegram 林定國：絕無此事
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.
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。
20 May 2022明報#2008
私隱署研封 Tg表驚訝 稱定期刪起底信息 惟不考慮限制人權
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.
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。
18 May 2022明報#2000
私隱署研封Tg 業界憂「殺錯」無辜 消息指要求刪「起底」信息不果 引《私隱例》限用
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.
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。
9 Dec 2021立場新聞#1719
被指在 TG 群組呼籲三罷 4 人被捕 消息：包括 Free HK Media 「姜牧師」
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.
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。
11 Sept 2020獨媒#809
警拘21歲TG群組女管理人 涉煽惑參與未經批准集結
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.
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。
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