【Review of Bright Times】
Recently, the incident of the Internet celebrity blogger "Tizi" shooting videos of barbecue and eating sharks continues to attract public attention.
The local police investigation confirmed that the shark in the video is a human shark (also known as a great white shark), which is a national second-class protected animal.
How the state-protected animals are transferred to the hands of Internet celebrity bloggers and become props to gain attention in front of the camera still needs further investigation.
The incident of the shark being cooked revealed a disgraceful part of the live broadcast economy.
Searching at random on the Internet, it is not difficult to find that similar incidents have long been common.
Last year, a Weibo blogger in Hainan Province named "A Zhuangguo himself" recorded a video of cooking snails, a national second-class protected animal, and posted it on an online social platform to gain attention.
Faluo, in the ocean, is the "patron saint" who maintains the ecological balance of coral reefs. In front of the camera, it has become a meal for traffic bloggers, which makes people worry about the new challenges facing wildlife protection.
Eating without taboo is of course not allowed by national law.
The Criminal Law clearly stipulates that anyone who illegally hunts or kills precious or endangered wild animals under special state protection, or illegally acquires, transports or sells precious and endangered wild animals under special state protection and their products shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years, and shall also be fined; if the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, and shall be fined or confiscation of property.
These bloggers may not have thought that the videos they shoot and upload will become irrefutable evidence of illegal acts, and even pay a heavy price for them.
For Internet celebrity bloggers, they may not want to deliberately challenge the majesty of criminal law.
Just like the blogger who cooked sharks this time, she filmed the scene where the sharks were bought from the seafood market stall in her work, and even put the subtitles of "artificial breeding" in the picture, although this did not change the sharks coming from the wrong way The facts, but at least it shows that she intends to avoid the legal risk of buying precious wild animals.
It's just that there are many kinds of national protected animals. As non-professional food and broadcast bloggers, I am afraid it is difficult to identify them one by one. Once a lawsuit is involved, it is not easy to get rid of the relationship by saying "I don't know it is a protected animal". of.
As early as 1999, the former Ministry of Agriculture issued the "License Measures for the Use of Aquatic Wild Animals", which clearly stipulated that to engage in wildlife-related industries, it is necessary to apply for relevant licenses in accordance with the law. Of course, it is illegal to purchase without a license. It is even illegal to buy the ability, know it, and buy it.
From this point of view, the bloggers who rely on "Chiqi" to obtain traffic are like people who are constantly wandering around high-voltage wires but do not understand the basics of circuits. The danger can be imagined.
This series of incidents is a wake-up call for all food and broadcast bloggers. Don't try to get away with a "don't know". Enhancing the study of relevant legal knowledge is the bottom line requirement for all practitioners.
From another point of view, Internet celebrity bloggers search for rare and exotic animals like this, just to satisfy the fans' curiosity.
In the rivers and lakes of eating and broadcasting bloggers, some focus on eating a lot and eating fast, while others focus on eating strangely and strangely. In the latter, sharks, ostriches, salamanders, etc. are all in their business experience. part.
As long as the logic of the game remains unchanged, there will always be people who are driven by interests.
Therefore, in order to do a good job in the protection of wild animals in the live broadcast economy, it is an inevitable requirement for the platform to take corresponding responsibility for source governance.
Strengthen the supervision and review of videos involving wild animals, and punish the content that violates laws, regulations and ethics, and punish, limit the flow or even block the content depending on the severity of the circumstances. To better cope with the new challenges faced by wildlife protection management under the Internet economy.
(Author: Yuan Gu, a media commentator)