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May 18, 2022 01:30 am
Original Link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/05/17/225211/hong-kong-considers-blocking-telegram-as-part-of-crackdown-on-doxing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_m
Hong Kong Considers Blocking Telegram As Part of Crackdown On Doxing
Hong Kong is planning a ban on the Telegram messaging service, which is widely used by pro-democracy activists. International Business Times reports: Local media reported that the ban on Telegram was being considered as a means to crack down on rampant doxing, under which pro-democracy campaigners are exposing online sensitive personal data of government officials and citizens. Hong Kong's privacy commissioner for personal data might decide in favor of blocking or restricting access to Telegram in the first such move, the Sing Tao Daily reported, according to Bloomberg. The execution of such a ban would mean that the former British colony has taken a step closer to China-style smothering of personal and civil liberties.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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