There must be zero tolerance for the "three vulgars" on the Internet (clear the network environment for minors ②)
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"People's Daily" (14th edition on August 13, 2021)
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The Internet has become an important source for minors to obtain information. However, some vulgar, vulgar, and kitsch bad information has also followed.
Minors are still mentally unsound and lack the ability to discern bad content.
In particular, “zero tolerance” is required for malicious content on the Internet that may harm minors, and the “three vulgarities” on the Internet must not be allowed to pollute the pure eyes and hearts of children.
At present, young people have gradually become important consumers of network culture and producers and disseminators of network culture.
According to the National Research Report on Internet Use of Minors in 2020, there are 183 million underage Internet users and a 94.9% Internet penetration rate among minors. my country’s underage Internet users are increasingly showing a trend of younger age.
Teenagers use the Internet to obtain information, broaden their horizons, and enrich their lives. At the same time, some vulgar, vulgar, and kitsch bad information may enter their sight and affect their physical and mental health.
Recently, the Central Cyberspace Administration of China launched a special action called "Clearness and Remediation of the Internet Environment for Minors in Summer Vacation". In response to issues involving minors on live broadcast and short video platforms, minors under the age of 16 are strictly prohibited from appearing in live broadcasts, and the hype "net celebrity children" is strictly investigated and dealt with. "Behavior, it is forbidden to induce minors to give rewards, to prevent phenomena such as showing off their wealth and worshiping money, extravagant pleasure, and selling miserables to "appreciating ugliness" from forming undesirable orientations to minors.
Resolutely clean up and spread violent blood, dark terror, abetting crime and other content videos.
Bad content is harmful
Easily induced, blindly imitated, addicted and sunken
The anchor strikes up a conversation, induces a reward... Some mechanisms and content of the live video platform will form a bad guide for minors.
In 2019, Xiaowei, an 11-year-old child who lives in Chengdu, became obsessed with live games.
In the live broadcast room, netizens who rewarded more received more attention. In order to gain more attention from the anchor, Xiaowei used his grandfather's pension to reward him with 40,000 yuan.
However, it is often difficult to actually protect rights after such acts have occurred.
"Online transactions happen in a virtual situation, and it is difficult for guardians to understand the real situation, and it is more difficult to claim refunds." said Song Siqi, deputy director of Guangxi Dongfang Yiyuan Law Firm.
"A 3-year-old girl who is 66 pounds fat... immediately breaks 100 pounds." This video is accompanied by the girl's mother. The protagonist of the video is a 3-year-old girl named "Peggy".
In its past videos, "Peggy" mostly eats all kinds of greasy foods, and these videos have a high playback volume, the highest of which has been played more than 550,000 times.
"The income of twisting and selling ugliness in the live broadcast is higher than that of office workers, and the children clamored to be anchors." On a forum, a parent's statement caused many netizens to worry.
"The pictures and sound effects are horrible and dark, and there are a lot of violent pictures. Since my children became obsessed with this game, they have been sluggish and irritable." This is a parent's message on the Internet, pointing directly to the bad content on the Internet.
In the virtual world, minors may not only become victims of the "three vulgar" content, but may also become disseminators and promoters.
In 2020, due to personal conflicts, junior high school student Yang gathered many people to punch and kick his classmate Jin, and took a video with personal insults and uploaded it to the WeChat group, which caused more than ten people to watch. Since then, these videos quickly spread to many people. WeChat Moments, causing bad social impact.
"Minors are still mentally unsound, lack discernment of bad content, and are easy to imitate." Yang Guoxin, director of the Institute of College Student Psychology, Guangxi University, pointed out that the influence of bad online content on the psychology and behavior of minors should not be underestimated.
Make efforts to rectify chaos
Implement laws and regulations, carry out special actions, and establish normal mechanisms
In recent years, a swearing behavior called "Zuan Culture" has spread in some game communities, social media, video platforms, etc., and minors with weak discriminating ability have suffered greatly.
"Not only must we rectify the hooligans in society, but also the hooligans on the Internet!" A netizen described the urgency of rectifying the content of the "three vulgars" on the Internet.
The Internet is not a place outside the law.
my country's laws and regulations make clear provisions on the protection of minors on the Internet.
For example, Article 66 of the newly revised "Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Minors" stipulates that cybersecurity and informatization departments and other relevant departments shall strengthen supervision and inspection of the protection of minors on the Internet, and punish minors who use the Internet to harm minors in accordance with the law. Physical and mental health activities provide a safe and healthy network environment for minors.
Article 74 stipulates that network product and service providers must not provide minors with products and services that induce their indulge.
Online game, online live broadcast, online audio and video, online social networking and other network service providers shall set up corresponding time management, authority management, consumption management and other functions for minors to use their services.
At the same time, special rectification actions centered on the "three customs" on the Internet have been continuously carried out.
In February of this year, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism focused nationwide inspections on the vulgar and kitsch of the online cultural market, showing off wealth and worshiping money, and endangering social ethics and other prohibited content issues.
The special action of "Clearness · Summer Youth Network Environment Renovation" launched in July focused on solving 7 categories including problems involving minors on live broadcast and short video platforms, anti-addiction systems and insufficient performance of the "youth mode". The prominent problem of online harm to the physical and mental health of minors requires a "zero tolerance" attitude towards the infringement of the legal rights and interests of minors, and all website platforms must actively perform their main responsibilities.
In response to the vulgar and vulgar hype in the "Internet celebrity village" that appeared in Guangxi early this year, the Guangxi Cyberspace Administration and the Guangxi Department of Culture and Tourism jointly managed, interviewed the anchor, revoked the title, and carried out law enforcement and popularization.
In addition to special rectification, various localities have successively established normalized rectification mechanisms, and at the same time vigorously promote social supervision and reporting platforms, and strengthen the protection of minors’ personal information online.
In March this year, the Hangzhou Internet Court of Zhejiang Province settled the country's first civil public interest lawsuit for the protection of minors on the Internet, strengthening the protection of minors’ personal information on the Internet.
In July of this year, Hebei and other places successively opened a special hotline for reporting harmful information online for minors, and launched the work of accepting special reports of harmful online information involving minors.
In the past three years, the Guangxi Cyberspace Administration of China has cleaned up more than 1,600 pieces of vulgar, vulgar, kitsch and harmful information, and shut down 121 website platforms (public accounts) that spread obscene and pornographic information.
Improve countermeasures to prevent rebound
Online and offline linkage, integration of supervisory forces, and strengthening of care and guidance
To reduce the negative impact of online "three vulgar" content on minors, it is not only necessary to do a good job in the prevention, supervision, and rectification of bad online content, but also to do a good job in the guidance, education, and care of minors.
To achieve online and offline linkage, "cleaning the Internet" and "educating people" two-pronged approach.
"Network operations are not limited by time or region, and supervision is difficult. Some entities that violate network laws and regulations can block access to a certain regional IP through technical means, so that law enforcement officers cannot monitor website violations." Guangxi Culture and Tourism Huang Qingfeng, deputy director of the Office of the Leading Group for Comprehensive Law Enforcement Supervision of the Cultural Market of the Ministry of Culture, said that on the one hand, the dissemination of bad information on the Internet is highly concealed and platform operators are highly mobile; on the other hand, the number of network law enforcement personnel is insufficient, and harmful information involving minors is researched, judged and handled. Work ability needs to be improved, and further improvement and integration of the power and technology of supervision and remediation are indispensable.
"Relevant administrative departments should strengthen the construction of professional talents, improve the ability of staff to research and judge and dispose of harmful information, and increase personnel input in key areas." Jin Hualun, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Party Committee and director of the Autonomous Region Cyberspace Affairs Office, suggested. It is necessary to strengthen dynamic network inspection and supervision, and improve technical means to intercept and block illegal content in advance.
The supervisory authority shall carry out special inspections in due course, establish a cross-departmental coordination mechanism, and organize a "look back" as appropriate to prevent recurring problems.
While creating a clear cyberspace, we must not neglect the guidance, education, and care for minors.
Insufficient awareness of bad online content is the main reason for minors to participate in the dissemination and production of bad online content.
Strengthen the education and publicity efforts to combat the "three customs" on the Internet, positively publicize and guide the reasonable and healthy Internet access, strengthen the ideological and moral construction of minors on the Internet, and enhance the concept of the rule of law and the awareness of rights protection of minors and their guardians.
Why do some minors give big rewards in the live broadcast room?
"Tapping in the live broadcast room can get immediate positive feedback from the anchor and the audience. Minors are not very discerning, easy to be misled and impulsive consumption." Yang Guoxin said: "Parents should give more care to their children, and schools need to build diversity. A comprehensive value evaluation system, a variety of cultural, sports and entertainment activities are carried out to provide children with more platforms for self-realization."