"Self-restraint police" Calm response to prevent the fragmentation of society one after another New Corona

"Self-restraint police" to keep calm and prevent social fragmentation New Corona May 9 20:48

The act of pointing out on SNS etc. that they do not respond to the request for self-restraint and leave due to the spread of new coronavirus infection is called "self-restraint police" or "self-restraint police" on the Internet.

Experts call for calm behavior, saying, "These actions are a manifestation of the defense instinct to protect oneself, but they create divisions in society."

Misunderstanding with "Audience Live" A sticker that asks the store to "restrain"

In Tokyo, there was a case where a store was misunderstood that it was ignoring requests for leave and continued to operate normally, and was pasted with blame.

At the live bar in Suginami Ward, Tokyo, customers can enjoy live music while having a meal, but we have been canceling the business since last month in response to a request from Tokyo for suspension.

Then, on the 26th of last month, we performed a live singer with no customers, and distributed the Moyo on the Internet.

Then, during the live performance, three people were pasted on the doorway of the store, saying, "Please refrain from it. If you find it next time, I will call the police."

Tokyo is said to have no problem if live performances are done without an audience for the purpose of distributing on the Internet, etc., as long as infection prevention measures are taken, the shop side also confirms with the city, ventilation and disinfection etc. It means that it was implemented after taking measures.

Hiroaki Murata, who runs the live bar, said, “I'm sorry that I got a misunderstanding, and the store side didn't even take into consideration. It's an uneasy time, but I know that I would like to point out, but I have to calm down and do what we can. No. "

Virtually rootless information spread by writing on the net

Furthermore, fact-free information about companies and restaurants, such as "there are some employees infected with the new coronavirus" and "the infected person used it as a customer", spread and spread. The situation is happening everywhere.

Of these, the restaurants in Fukui City were listed last month as employees' infected names in the correlation diagram posted on the SNS, which is said to indicate the spread of infection.

There was no fact that the employee was infected, but the information was spread and there were a series of phone calls to cancel reservations and close stores.

In Fukushima City, the day after the first infected person in the city was confirmed by a man who runs a restaurant, an acquaintance said, "The story that infected people were using the store is spreading. I was contacted.

A man used the store's SNS to complain that he was in fact unfounded, but the information about his lie was spread and inquiries continued.

"Self-restraint police" When interviewing the poster

Regarding the refraining from going out due to the spread of new coronavirus infection and the request for suspension of work, there are people and stores that do not respond, and the act of notifying the police or the administration or pointing out on the SNS is "self-restraint police" on the Internet It is also called "Self-restraint police" and has become a debate.

NHK interviewed such people.
Among them, a man in his thirties who photographed the crowd of retailers and posted it on SNS said that he did not intend to act like "self-restraint police," I wanted to point out to the media, which only focuses on the facts, that there are places where the number of users is increasing, which is different from the actual situation. "

Also, a person who wrote a rumor about the infection on the net said, "I tweeted with the meaning that if you spread it to everyone, you can make you more self-restraining and more dangerous," but even the rumored information He said he didn't know the details such as "and".

On the other hand, a man in his 30s who works at an elderly facility who reported to a local municipality when he saw a man calling without a mask at a convenience store, said, `` Be very careful not to spread the infection to the elderly living in the facility. While paying, I really couldn't forgive those who seemed not to take any measures, "he said." I can't totally agree with the act called "self-restraint police," but those who don't take measures are free to act. "Everyone who lives with caution is tired. The only way to improve things is to do this."

Net lie information There are also cases in criminal cases

Regarding the spread of the new coronavirus infection, there are cases in which criminal cases have been filed as cases of disguised information on the Internet.

In Nagano prefecture, a man suspected of defamation when he wrote a lie, saying, "It seems that a person infected with the new coronavirus is working" by listing the name of a real company on the bulletin board on the Internet last month. I was sent.

It has not been confirmed that the employees of this company were infected with the new coronavirus, and the police have proceeded with the investigation following criminal charges from the company and have identified the employee.

Also, in Yamagata City, after pointing out a restaurant where a man actually exists, he said, "Please do not go because there are people with corona infection in this store. It is a corona's nest." Was indicted last month on charges of obscuring counterfeit operations due to obstructing the business of the store.

Yohei Shimizu, who is familiar with Internet problems, said, `` If you spread the wrong information and cause a great deal of damage to the other party, regardless of whether it is malicious or not, you will be tried by the police for suspicion of counterfeiting work or defamation. There is enough. Careful dissemination of uncertain information on the Internet etc. may have unexpected consequences, so we should be careful. ”

Expert “There is no malicious intent and excessive defense instinct leads to problem behavior”

Professor Masashi Usui of the Graduate School of Clinical Psychology, Niigata Seiryo University specializes in social psychology about the so-called "self-restraint police" and the act of writing factless information about infected people on the Internet. `` There is no malicious intent, and excessive defense instinct causes problem behavior, '' and calls for calm behavior as `` If it goes too far it will divide the world and it will be counterproductive to infection prevention ''. ..

In addition, about the fact that a lot of inaccurate information is transmitted, `` I am in an emergency right now, so I have no time to confirm the truth, with the urgent feeling that unless all suspicious things are eliminated, it will be my life. Isn't it sending the wrong information as it is? "

And as a measure to suppress such behavior, "to calm anxiety, it is important to stay away from the latest information and calmly identify the correct information," and also "the government and the media also violated the rule We should refrain from disseminating information and seek ways of communicating that people can understand. ”