Telegram will reject the data requests from the Hong Kong courts against the background of the terrorism act
The representative of the Telegram soobshil news website HKFP that the messenger is to reject the data requests from Hong Kong authorities until international consensus in relation to recent political changes.
This is due to the fact that Hong Kong gave up some instant messengers and social networking after the adoption last month of a controversial national security law.
"We understand the importance of protecting the right to privacy of our users in Hong Kong under such circumstances," – said Michael Ravdonikas (Markus Ra), head support, and the representative of the Telegram.
"Accordingly, the Telegram is not going to handle any requests for data belonging to its users in Hong Kong, until you reach an international consensus against the ongoing political changes in the city." Michael Ravdonikas added that Telegram never released any data to the authorities of Hong Kong.
On our question whether the satisfied data requests from the courts of other countries Michael didn't answer, and a channel with information about the requests of the authorities @the Transparency is still blank.
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The representative of the Telegram soobshil news website HKFP that the messenger is to reject the data requests from Hong Kong authorities until international consensus in relation to recent political changes.
This is due to the fact that Hong Kong gave up some instant messengers and social networking after the adoption last month of a controversial national security law.
"We understand the importance of protecting the right to privacy of our users in Hong Kong under such circumstances," – said Michael Ravdonikas (Markus Ra), head support, and the representative of the Telegram.
"Accordingly, the Telegram is not going to handle any requests for data belonging to its users in Hong Kong, until you reach an international consensus against the ongoing political changes in the city." Michael Ravdonikas added that Telegram never released any data to the authorities of Hong Kong.
On our question whether the satisfied data requests from the courts of other countries Michael didn't answer, and a channel with information about the requests of the authorities @the Transparency is still blank.
Translated using Yandex.API
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