Deputy District Judge Peter Hui sentenced computer technician Ng Man-ho on Thursday, a month after the 27-year-old, who ran a Telegram group called SUCK Channel, was found guilty of seven charges of conspiring to incite others to commit illegal acts during the 2019 extradition bill protests and subsequent months. It’s easy to create a Telegram channel via desktop app or mobile app (for Android and iOS): “Hey degen, are you stressed? Just let it all out,” he wrote, along with a link to join the group. As five out of seven counts were serious, Hui sentenced Ng to six years and six months in jail. Developing social channels based on exchanging a single message isn’t exactly new, of course. Back in 2014, the “Yo” app was launched with the sole purpose of enabling users to send each other the greeting “Yo.”
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