Unlimited social functions, hidden crisis in the virtual world
Be wary of minors falling into the "trap" of mobile games
With the rapid development of the mobile Internet, mobile games have profoundly affected the daily lives of minors.
According to the National Research Report on Internet Usage by Minors in 2020, the proportion of minor netizens playing mobile games has reached as high as 56.4%, and some minors are seriously addicted to the Internet.
Mobile games have added new social channels for minors and are not easy to be discovered by their parents, providing soil for some minors to commit crimes.
Mobile games have two effects on minors that cannot be ignored: one is online dating and sexual assault caused by unlimited social functions; the other is "character destruction" caused by indulging in the virtual world. These issues are worthy of attention.
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On August 28, the investigation period of the 18-year-old Beijing guy Liu Yang (pseudonym) finally ended, and the People's Procuratorate of Xiangcheng District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province made a decision not to prosecute him.
On December 23, 2020, the People's Procuratorate of Xiangcheng District made a conditional non-prosecution decision against Liu Yang on suspicion of racketeering, but an 8-month inspection period was required.
At that time, he was only 17 years old and a senior in high school.
With the rapid development of the mobile Internet, mobile games have profoundly affected the daily lives of minors.
According to the National Research Report on Internet Usage by Minors in 2020, the proportion of minor netizens playing mobile games has reached as high as 56.4%, and some minors are seriously addicted to the Internet.
Zhang Yuqi, the prosecutor of the People's Procuratorate of Xiangcheng District, Suzhou, said that mobile games have added new social channels for minors and are not easy to be discovered by their parents, providing soil for some minors to commit crimes.
Mobile games have two effects on minors that cannot be ignored: one is online dating and sexual assault caused by unlimited social functions; the other is "character destruction" caused by indulging in the virtual world. These issues are worthy of attention.
Unlimited social functions induce some minors to go astray
On August 12, 2020, the 18-year-old girl Xiaobing (pseudonym) reported to the police that she was blackmailed by Liu Yang, a 17-year-old online dating partner.
Six days later, Liu Yang went to the police station to surrender and truthfully explained the criminal process.
The two met in a mobile game at the beginning of July and soon determined their relationship.
Before long, Liu Yang proposed the idea of exchanging nude photos.
Unable to withstand Liu Yang's soft and hard foaming, Xiao Bing took a selfie and sent nude photos to him.
In mid-July, Xiaobing, who had just graduated from school, was preparing to search for a job.
In the meantime, Liu Yang proposed to meet several times.
Taking into account practical issues such as the epidemic and distance, Xiaoice, who felt that online dating was unreliable, proposed to break up.
In just a dozen days of love, when the other party said they broke up and broke up, Liu Yang felt that "there is no dignity of a man."
Thinking of the nude photos stored in his mobile phone, Liu Yang had the idea of "retaliating."
"If you don't be my girlfriend, buy me an Apple headset, otherwise I will post your nude photos on the Internet." After some threats, Liu Yang received the first "hush fee"-a pair of headphones worth 1,749 yuan .
In fact, he did not delete the photos as agreed.
"I know she is afraid that the photos will be sent out, so she will transfer money to me." Liu Yang confessed to the police.
From August 5th to August 12th, 2020, Liu Yang threatened Xiaoice by publishing nude photos and extorted more than 6000 yuan in total.
On August 12, Liu Yang once again proposed "give me 5000 yuan", but he never received a reply from the other party.
Xiaoice chose to call the police.
"I know I was wrong, it was really a ghost at the time." After arriving at the case, Liu Yang expressed regret and guilt for his actions.
The prosecutor of the People's Procuratorate of Xiangcheng District, Suzhou learned from Liu Yang's relatives, friends and neighbors that Liu Yang is a well-behaved, sensible and filial child.
When his parents learned of Liu Yang's crime, they were also shocked.
On December 23, 2020, considering that Liu Yang is a minor, has excellent academic performance, is about to face the college entrance examination, has good family supervision conditions, and has voluntary confession and punishment, and repentance, according to relevant regulations, the Xiangcheng District People’s Procuratorate imposed conditions on Liu Yang Decided not to prosecute, and set up an 8-month inspection period.
Zhang Yuqi said that Liu Yang's parents used to discipline him more strictly, and the possibility of falling in love in real life is very low.
"Because Liu Yang's level of mental development is still insufficient, the rapid spread of online game socialization has expanded his social circle without screening. Under the influence of bad online culture, he is more likely to have criminal intentions and even commit criminal acts."
Hidden traps in the mobile game world
At the beginning of this year, Xiao Min (pseudonym), a fourth-grade student in Suzhou, liked a prop skin in the mobile game, and left a message in the game group: "Ask for a game skin, any conditions are okay"...
25-year-old Chen Rong (pseudonym) does not have a formal job. He is usually addicted to mobile games. He adds friends after seeing Min's message.
After chatting for a few days, Chen Rong learned that the other party was a girl under the age of 14, so he took the opportunity to say to Xiao Min: "You take a few videos without clothes, and I will give you a game skin."
In order to get the game skin that he wanted, Xiao Min readily agreed.
In the meantime, Chen Rong also put forward various unbearable demands.
In the end, Xiaomin took two videos and sent them to Chen Rong, but instead of giving them the game skin, he used the video to threaten them with excessive demands and threats.
Xiao Min refused the other party's request, and Chen Rong asked Xiao Min to send him another game skin, otherwise he would send the video to others.
Xiao Min deleted Chen Rong because he could not stand the harassment.
Chen Rong forwarded Xiao Min's private video to others, causing great physical and mental harm to Xiao Min.
Recently, the People’s Procuratorate of Suzhou Industrial Park prosecuted the suspect Chen Rong for the crime of child molestation.
Minors who are addicted to the Internet will often "regardless of" and make all kinds of extraordinary behaviors.
“In recent years, there have been a lot of alarms caused by children playing games to recharge.” said Zhu Sidong, a police officer from the Huishan Development Zone Police Station in Wuxi. There are 7 alarm records of civil disputes caused by game recharge.
In January of this year, Ms. Liu, who lives in Huishan District, Wuxi, suddenly received a bank text message stating that there are still bills that have not been paid off this month.
Confused, she checked the bill and found that her WeChat account in the past two months had been recharged and consumed by a game company, accumulating more than 2,700 yuan.
Ms. Liu logged into the homepage of the game company and found that someone had registered a game account in her name. The first reaction was that the identity information and WeChat account were stolen.
Later, her suspicious eyes fell on her son Xiao Guo.
Xiao Guo, who was in the fifth grade of elementary school, was only 10 years old. As soon as he arrived home in the last two months, he threw down his schoolbag and held her mobile phone. On several occasions, she stole her mobile phone while she was busy with housework.
Ms. Liu couldn't understand or cared about the colorful game interface, at most she reprimanded her son.
Ms. Liu asked and learned that Xiao Guo downloaded a mobile game because of curiosity. In order to obtain higher-level equipment, he began to "krypton gold" in the game.
According to the terms of the game company, the monthly recharge limit for minor players is 400 yuan.
In order to circumvent supervision, Xiao Guo opened a game account with Ms. Liu's ID, linked his mother's WeChat ID code, used WeChat to recharge in the game to purchase game coins or equipment packages, and then gave away the game account.
Ms. Liu immediately called the official customer service number, but the negotiation failed. Ms. Liu had no choice but to call the police and reported the situation to the Huiyou Future platform of the Huishan District People’s Procuratorate.
With the help of prosecutors and police officers, they provided detailed evidence and eventually recovered more than 2,700 yuan in accordance with the law.
However, the way for parents to protect their rights and refund fees is different.
Zhu Sidong introduced that another parent in Huishan District, because his underage son recharged more than 10,000 yuan for the game, the parent had negotiated with the game company many times, and failed to provide a complete WeChat transaction, chat history and other evidence, and ultimately did not refund the fee.
Create a clean and healthy network environment for minors
So far, Ms. Yu from Nantong, Jiangsu still deeply regrets letting her son come into contact with mobile games.
In the early morning of August 30, 2018, her 13-year-old son fell to his death.
Before falling from the building, his son was addicted to a popular mobile game.
Ms. Yu learned about this game specifically, whether it is the surrounding buildings, natural features, or the bullets, firearms, and vehicles used by the players, they are all realistic-style graphics processing.
In order to save time, game characters will often flip through windows and jump down from several floors or mountains.
In the game, this behavior does not directly lead to the death of the character.
The tragedy happened beyond the parents' expectation.
Many children are introverted, filial and sensible children in front of their parents, but they are "dominant presidents" and "righteous knights" in the game. They display extreme personalities that are completely different from the real world in mobile games.
"In the cases handled in recent years, there are many minors like this." Zhang Yuqi said.
Currently, network supervision is increasing. The National Press and Publication Administration recently issued the "Notice on Further Strict Management and Practically Preventing Minors from Indulging in Online Games" to strictly limit the time for providing online game services to minors.
Liu Yuanyuan, the prosecutor of the People's Procuratorate of Huishan District, Wuxi, said that youth indulging in online games is a social problem that requires the concerted efforts of the whole society.
Families and schools should also take responsibility for supervision and guide young people to develop a healthy lifestyle.
"It is necessary to strengthen the publicity and education of the rule of law for young people, and guide minors to consciously develop good habits of using the Internet while playing mobile games and online social networking." Zhang Yuqi suggested that the game platform should strengthen the optimization of functions through technical means to target different Set corresponding game and social restrictions for age groups; social platforms must strengthen the screening of information transmitted by minors, multi-party linkage, and insist on the combination of combat and protection to create a clear and healthy network environment for minors.
China Youth Daily·China Youth Daily reporter Li Chao Correspondent Xiao Kunxia Tang Xiaoyu Source: China Youth Daily