Telegram blocks channels involved in the release of "bottom" messages to reproduce a new channel with the same name

Earlier, it was reported that the government plans to study the banning of Telegram because of the resurgence of "bottom" messages in recent months.

It is understood that, at the request of the government, Telegram has blocked the channel "A 囵 Lao Dou Lao Mu" that published multiple "Qi" messages. The number of people who joined the channel was about 1,000 as of Wednesday (25th) morning.

The channel "A 囝 搵 Lao Dou Lao Mu" has been blocked by Telegram because of the release of multiple "bottom-up" messages.

It is reported that the Hong Kong government has targeted the Telegram channel "Ah 吵 Lao Dou Lao Mu" earlier, and many of the messages were posted on the Telegram channel, including the personal data of pro-establishment members or police officers in Hong Kong.

The government earlier issued an "ultimatum" to Telegram, requesting that the relevant illegal messages be deleted in a short time.

However, after the channel was blocked, someone immediately opened a new channel with the same name "A Nang Lao Dou Lao Mu", and re-launched the bottom message.

According to the source, in the past seven months, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Information has discovered more than 700 breaches of "bottoming", reflecting that the "bottoming" problem is resurgent, because there were only more than 800 related "bottoming" cases last year. There have been 1,000 new cases recently, more than the total in the past.

The government proposed to amend the Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Bill last year to criminalize the act of "pricking". The new bill came into effect in October last year.

The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Chung Lai-ling, said in the Legislative Council a few days ago (16th) that after the criminalization of the "bottom", investigations were launched into 25 cases, and a total of 6 people were arrested in joint operations with the police, and the other 66 cases were under investigation. .

Zhong Liling pointed out that the PCPD has issued 227 cease-disclosure notices to 12 online platforms, requesting the removal of more than 1,000 "start-up" messages, of which about 80% have been removed.

She pointed out that if overseas platforms do not remove relevant information, the Commissioner's Office will issue a warning letter and complain to overseas counterparts.

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