Hong Kong protests: doxxing of attendees at embattled leader Carrie Lam’s community dialogue slammed by government
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data has mounted an investigation after receiving complaints, government says
- Among those targeted is a woman who expressed pro-government views at the dialogue session
In a statement on Saturday, the government also said the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data had mounted an investigation after receiving complaints.
“In the past three months, conflicts in society have led Hong Kong into a chaotic situation. The government hopes that, through peaceful and rational dialogues with people of different backgrounds and stances, it can find a way out for Hong Kong,” it said.
Anti-government demonstrators have continued to demand an independent inquiry into alleged police misconduct during protests, and a relaunch of political reforms to bring about universal suffrage in the city.
In one case of doxxing – the practice of posting a person’s private data online – a woman who had expressed pro-government views at the dialogue session was targeted. Internet users posted that she was an agent for an investment company and gave information such as her office phone number.