China News Service, Beijing, April 6 (Liu Yue) In recent years, due to the development of the Internet, there have been countless examples of public figures and even ordinary people being "human flesh".

Today, actor Gong Jun suffered a "mass" human flesh action.

  In the early morning of April 6, a netizen on Douban Forum used software to crack actor Gong Jun's ID number, phone number, account numbers and passwords on various social platforms.

  Afterwards, several netizens revealed Gong Jun's home address, family information and other privacy, and tried to use the known information to log in Gong Jun's own accounts such as Alipay, Taobao, Weibo, Xiaohongshu, Douban, etc., and frequently sent verification to his mobile phone number. code.

Screenshot of Douban Forum

  At 10:35 in the morning, Gong Jun's studio issued a clarification statement, saying that it would pursue the legal responsibility of the relevant subjects through all legal means such as reporting the case and litigation, and then Gong Jun himself forwarded the statement.

Screenshot of Gong Jun's Weibo

  Pu Yidan, a lawyer from Beijing Xingquan (Haikou) Law Firm, accepted an exclusive interview with Chinanews.com.

She said that our country's laws stipulate: human flesh information of others, if the circumstances are serious, may constitute the crime of infringing on citizens' personal information stipulated in Article 253-1 of the "Criminal Law"; the subjects who log in to other people's accounts and disseminate account passwords may be suspected of infringing others. and the use of human flesh to search for content, fabricating false information and slandering, if the circumstances are serious enough, it may also be suspected of constituting the crime of insult and defamation stipulated in Article 246 of the Criminal Law.

  Pieces of piles and piles, there are laws to follow.

"The law does not blame the public" should not become a shield

  In this farce, there is a remark that is particularly worthy of vigilance.

When faced with doubts from rational netizens, a netizen who was indulging in the "carnival" of mass human flesh retorted: "Is it a violation of the law to send one (private message) by one person?"

Screenshot of Douban netizen comments

  The translation of this sentence is probably: The law does not blame the public, what can you do to me?

  In psychology, this kind of thinking is based on the "distribution of responsibility theory", that is, when the results of the group are borne by the group, the responsibility that is distributed to the individual members is reduced, thus reducing the individual's fear of failure.

  To put it simply, one person will be guilty of doing bad things, but a group of people may be justified in doing bad things.

  Cyberspace is relatively free and hidden, which easily provides participants with an atmosphere of diverse subjects and decentralized responsibilities. It also makes participants lack self-supervision and sense of responsibility. It is easy to vent negative emotions by blindly obeying others, resulting in cyber violence.

And the online farce of "the law does not blame the public" is not the first time it has happened.

  On January 24, 2022, Liu Xuezhou, a boy who successfully searched for his relatives, left a suicide note and committed suicide.

In the suicide note, Liu Xuezhou said that his story of finding his relatives was misinterpreted by some netizens. These people formed a mob and wanted to attack and slander him. "Afterwards, many people came to scold me, ridiculed me, framed me, and slandered me. Personal attacks on me with comments and private messages."

  Under Liu Xuezhou's Weibo saying goodbye to the world, many netizens who are jealous of hate and hatred posted their IDs who had abused him on the Internet one by one. Some of these people who used to revel on the back of teenagers deleted their comments and went offline silently, while others went offline. They simply canceled their accounts, and some reposted other content as if nothing had happened. The only thing in common is that they have not been punished in any legal sense so far, which may be one of the reasons why the perpetrators are unscrupulous.

  Park Yidan bluntly stated that when a certain incident occurs, because there are too many subjects who are suspected of committing illegal acts, the victims (whether public figures or the public) cannot hold all subjects accountable due to the cost of rights protection, and can only choose to implement serious crimes. The subject of the conduct shall be held accountable.

But in fact, as long as the suspected illegal acts are carried out, they may be held accountable.

  In recent years, the national level has also successively taken action to vigorously rectify online violence, human flesh search and other behaviors.

In December 2019, the "Regulations on the Ecological Governance of Online Information Content" were released, stipulating that users and producers of online information content services and platforms shall not conduct human flesh searches and other illegal activities.

  On January 1, 2021, the "Civil Code of the People's Republic of China" came into effect, which includes more complete laws and regulations against cyber violence.

Starting from June 15, 2021, the Central Cyberspace Administration of China will launch a 2-month special campaign of "Clean-up, 'Fan Circle' Chaos Remediation" nationwide. The key actions include human flesh searches.

  The concept of "the law does not blame the public" is equivalent to a chronic poison. It will poison people's hearts, damage the authority of the law, and violate the social order until the collective silence of civilization and reason.

  The law is sacred and inviolable. As a citizen, you should abide by the law, surf the Internet in a civilized manner, and never take chances. At the same time, when facing online information, maintain a rational and objective attitude, screen out obviously false information, and refrain from spreading rumors or ignorance. slander.

You must know that "the law does not blame the public" has never been a shield for the perpetrators to violate the law and commit crimes.

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