After a flash flood occurred in "Longcao Valley" on August 13 and caused 7 deaths, many netizens found that this "Internet celebrity check-in place" is actually an undeveloped scenic spot, which is a geological disaster site and has experienced flash floods many times.

A reporter from Beijing Youth Daily found that after the incident, a large number of recommended contents of the location could still be searched on multiple online platforms without any danger warnings.

In addition to Longcaogou, there are also many "undeveloped scenic spots", "wild scenic spots recommended" and other content recommendations, which have been suggested to the relevant risks or accident places before.

  The lawyer's analysis believes that for tourist attractions that have not been commercially developed and have high risks, the platform has the obligation to remind and review the content, and the publisher also has the obligation to remind the risk, otherwise both parties will have a certain infringement liability.

  Internet celebrity attractions are undeveloped attractions

  According to the Pengzhou Emergency Management Bureau, on August 13, a flash flood broke out in Longcaogou, Longmenshan Town, and tourists who were not evacuated in the river were caught in the flash flood, causing 7 deaths.

  The online video shows that at the time of the incident, some tourists were camping near Longcao Valley. The canopy built next to the river was washed down by the sudden flood before it could be closed. The tourists could not evacuate in time and were trapped in the flood. washed away directly.

  In fact, Longcao Valley is an undeveloped scenic spot.

Due to the easy occurrence of natural disasters such as mudslides and mountain torrents, according to the requirements of the local government, all personnel are prohibited from entering the river.

  However, on many social platforms, there are a large number of "strategies", "travel notes" and other content published by netizens, sharing their experience of visiting Longcaogou, with pictures and videos of beautiful scenery, etc., to recommend and attract other tourists. Go to.

  A travel blogger shared his picnic experience in Longcao Valley in the form of a video.

On the shallows, pitch tents, set up cookers, and chill drinks in creeks.

Not only play here during the day, but also spend the night here.

  Another article, "Chengdu Surrounding Tour | Pengzhou Minority Forest Hiking Secret Spot Playing Water to Avoid the Heat", organized everyone to visit Longcao Valley for "AA Tour". The organizer introduced the beauty of Longcao Valley and designed an 11-kilometer walk Hiking routes, organized on Thursdays and weekends.

The publisher said, "This place is especially suitable for taking babies to escape the summer heat and play in the water on weekends."

  Longcao Valley is a tertiary geological disaster site

  After the accident, many netizens questioned that the accident site was not a scenic spot, and there were potential safety hazards.

A reporter from Beiqing Daily found that Longcaogou was indeed called a "water-playing holy place" on many apps, and there were also videos of netizens playing in the river.

Other witnesses recalled that there was only a little rain in the area that afternoon, so such a severe flash flood was not expected.

  It is true that Longcao Valley has beautiful scenery, but it is actually a third-level geological disaster site, which is prone to mudslides and mountain torrents.

According to an article published in 2021 by the government of Longmenshan Town where the incident occurred, "Qitou water" is prone to break out in the ditch during the flood season.

According to the article, "Qitou water" refers to the natural disaster of rain in the back mountain and mountain torrent in the front mountain.

Often just after hearing the roar from the river, the water head immediately reaches the front.

If someone happens to be in the river, it is often too late to escape and is swept away by the torrent in an instant.

  The staff of the Pengzhou Emergency Management Bureau also confirmed to the Beiqing Daily reporter that the incident was not a scenic spot. On the 13th, the staff sent notices to various towns through the work group, requesting that people be prohibited from entering the river to play.

  After the incident, a reporter from the Beiqing Daily searched Longcaogou on a certain platform, and a danger prompt would appear: "Tourism, safety first, do not stay or play in dangerous places", and the relevant recommended content has also been greatly removed.

But on multiple other platforms, a lot of relevant content still exists.

  Some platforms have hidden "dangerous" in the recommendation column

  Information about such a dangerous "internet celebrity check-in place" like Longcaogou can be found everywhere on relevant platforms, and there have been many dangerous incidents in scenic spots before.

However, after the incident, it did not attract enough attention from relevant platforms, and some of the dangerous attractions are still hanging in the recommendation column of social platforms.

  In August 2019, 13 people were killed in a flash flood in the "Refuge Gorge" in Enshi, Hubei, known as "China's Semporna", and four wild tour guides who illegally brought tourists were controlled by the public security organs.

  A reporter from the Beiqing Daily learned that the "Dodging Gorge" belongs to the Pingshan Scenic Spot. Less than a month before the incident, the local government just released the "Hefeng County Culture and Tourism Bureau's Explanation on the Scenic Spot Under Construction in Pingshan", saying that Pingshan is in the scenic spot under construction. The infrastructure related to the construction of the scenic spot has not been perfected, there are potential safety hazards, and the conditions for opening the scenic spot have not yet been reached.

According to relevant laws and regulations, no organization or individual may solicit tourists to visit the scenic spot under construction in Pingshan without authorization.

  Today, the "Escape Gap" is still not officially open.

However, there are still a lot of relevant recommendations when searching for "escaping the gorge" on social platforms.

According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 2,000 posts on social platforms recommending the "Edgy Gorge" scenic spot, some of which have more than 600,000 likes and 50,000 retweets, which can be described as "traffic passwords".

  In Foshan City, Guangdong Province, there are similar wild scenic spots that are sought after by Internet celebrities.

The article "Walking on May 1st | Xiqiao Mountain Exploring Caverns of Foshan Minority Route in Guangzhou" said: Crossing the original mountain road, exploring 13 caves along the way, along the road, the creeks are gurgling and the vegetation is lush... The blogger is accompanied by his own cave exploration. Many photos, and said that "you don't need to buy a ticket" to enter the scenic spot.

In fact, Xiqiao Mountain is also an unopened scenic spot. Not long ago, a woman and a group of mountaineering enthusiasts fell and injured her waist.

  In Guiyang, there is a scenic spot "Sheepskin Cave", which is also recommended by some bloggers on the Internet.

Recently, two people fell off a cliff while climbing, fractured their legs and damaged their heads.

After more than 4 hours, fire rescue personnel finally sent the two trapped people into the ship.

  Similar cases abound. On some lifestyle social platforms, short video platforms, travel and travel guide platforms, etc., searching for “undeveloped scenic spots”, “wild scenic spots recommendation”, “niche tourist destinations”, etc., can find a lot of content. , and there is no prompt from the platform side.

Many netizens commented under the relevant content: "Don't recommend illegal content any more!" "This place is already dangerous, I hope everyone can judge for themselves whether they can go!"

  lawyer

  The platform has security reminder obligations and content review obligations

  In this regard, lawyer Xu Guilin, a partner of Beijing Times Jiuhe Law Firm, told the Beiqing Daily reporter that the platform has the obligation to remind and review the content of tourist attractions that have not been commercially developed and have high risks.

Publishers also have an obligation to warn the general audience of the risks when posting videos.

If no risk warning is given, both the platform and the publisher have certain tort liability.

  Lawyer Xu Guilin reminded that if the tourism authority reminds the prohibition of entry, tourists are not allowed to enter for their own safety considerations; when the publisher publishes uncommercially developed tourist attractions, please verify whether the risk of the attractions is prohibition of tourism or entry.

If there are no travel or entry reminders, it is recommended not to publish similar travel videos.

  Zhang Yao, a lawyer from Shanghai Lanting Law Firm, told the Beiqing Daily reporter that these platforms should have the obligation to supervise and review corresponding videos and blog posts, and should add obvious safety tips to content that contains dangerous behaviors or unsafe factors. Content that does not meet security requirements will be deleted in a timely manner.

If the platform discovers relevant security risks or false information, but fails to perform the above obligations in a timely manner, in addition to possible administrative penalties from relevant departments, it shall also bear civil tort liability.

Bloggers who blindly pursue traffic and gain attention while ignoring safety warnings, or who deliberately falsely promote or guide maliciously, may be liable for infringement, and may be subject to administrative or criminal penalties if the circumstances are bad.

  Initiative

  In response to the local heavy rainfall, the two departments demanded to take firm measures to prevent casualties

  In response to local heavy rainfall causing disasters quickly and causing great harm, the General Office of National Defense and the Ministry of Emergency Management have required resolute measures to prevent casualties.

  The General Office of National Defense and the Ministry of Emergency Management have requested that people should be transferred to avoid danger. At the peak of summer tourism, we must focus on monitoring, forecasting and early warning.

Especially for construction workers and tourists in hilly areas, urge relevant departments to effectively implement their safety responsibilities, resolutely shut down those that should be shut down, and resolutely evacuate those who should be evacuated, and resolutely avoid mass deaths and injuries caused by mountain torrents and small and medium-sized river floods.

At the same time, it is necessary to closely monitor disaster risks such as mountain torrents and debris flows, implement the "calling response" mechanism for early warning of disasters, urge those responsible for insurance coverage to sink to the front line, organize the masses to transfer and avoid risks, and take firm measures such as force presetting, closing of scenic spots, and traffic control. Decisive measures to ensure the safety of people's lives.

Continue to do a good job in responding to snowmelt floods in the northwest. In view of the characteristics of snowmelt floods in Xinjiang, Qinghai and other places, the local people, foreign tourists and construction personnel are reminded to avoid danger in time.

  The two departments also demanded to continue to do a good job in patrolling and defending the super-police section of the Raoyang River and rushing out waterlogging, and coordinating the work of disinfecting and epidemic prevention and the safety appraisal of houses in submerged areas to ensure the safety and health of the people.

At the same time, continue to do a good job of drought relief, take emergency measures such as pulling water and diverting water to ensure the safety of drinking water for the masses.

  In addition, the Sichuan Provincial Department of Emergency Management announced on August 14 that on the evening of August 13, the Provincial Defense Office issued the "Emergency Notice on Learning Lessons to Do a Good Job in Preventing and Response to Local Short-term Heavy Rain" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"). "), requiring all localities to urgently investigate wading scenic spots that are prone to frequent dangers and wild scenic areas such as tidal flats and canyons, organize multi-departmental joint dynamic patrols, and implement special personnel to keep an eye on important points for inspections, and do a good job of warning reminders, Under extreme weather conditions, any outdoor adventure and wading activities are strictly prohibited, and activities such as wild tours and camping in mountain valleys, shoal waters, etc. are discouraged in a timely manner, and personnel safety is resolutely ensured.

  The "Notice" emphasizes that it is necessary to strengthen disaster risk reminders in key areas, increase the promotion of flood prevention and risk avoidance knowledge, guide summer tourists and outdoor adventurers to travel rationally, keep calm in case of danger, and avoid danger and evacuate correctly.

  This group of articles / reporter Wen Jing Quchang