SINGAPORE - Another chat group that is allegedly circulating obscene materials as well as pictures of commuters taken without their consent has surfaced on messaging application Telegram.On the chat group, users can share photographs of women and girls that they have taken in public places such as in the MRT, the AsiaOne website reported last Friday .
The chat group is also used to share pornographic content, according to a Telegram user who shared screenshots of the chat group with AsiaOne.On Tuesday, two teenagers were among four people charged in court over their alleged involvement in transmitting obscene materials in Telegram. The teenagers were back in court last Friday to face an additional charge of having obscene materials on their electronic devices, such as mobile phones.
Anyone found guilty of transmitting obscene materials by electronic means can be jailed for up to three months, fined, or both.