Are dating apps real dating or fake tricks?
Reporter's investigation found that some dating software has become a high incidence of pornography scams
□ Our reporter Han Dandong
□ Our intern Wang Yitian
After giving the female anchor a gift of nearly 1,000 yuan, she was "blocked" by the other party, leaving both money and money.
The two previously agreed to meet offline after brushing the gifts.
This is a recent experience of a user on a social platform.
In fact, such cases are not uncommon in reality.
With the popularity of dating software, users are frequently caught in sexual harassment, sex trafficking and various scams while enjoying the fun of making friends.
Some dating software has gradually become a high incidence of illegal and criminal behavior.
Recently, a number of industry experts interviewed by reporters from the "Rules of Law Daily" pointed out that the platform should strengthen auditing, improve operational technology, and formulate network security emergency plans; it is forbidden to register with false identities, and necessary measures should be taken in time when reports and complaints are encountered to effectively protect users. legitimate interests.
Social software implies "peach color"
Sex trafficking is common
A dating software that focuses on "soul socialization" has been favored by young people in recent years. It can randomly match the opposite sex according to the user's personality tag and geographic location. Using cartoon avatars, users can send instant dynamic records of life. Seeing what other people are doing creates a sense of "social circle".
User Mr. Zhang has been using this software for a long time and often participates in various love parties hosted by the platform.
He found that voices with yellow content often appeared in chat rooms, and the system generally did not detect them.
According to the clues provided by Mr. Zhang, the reporter joined the party named "Miss High-quality Speed Dating" and saw this scene:
The boy on the 8th opened the microphone and wanted to know about the girl on the 4th. At this time, the host said, "On the 8th, I saw the color map of the home page of other people's sisters. Take it away", and then the two entered the private chat session.
The girl on the 7th saw that she had not been able to match a male guest for a long time, so she applied to the host to open the microphone.
After turning on the microphone, the girl let out a few gasps, signaling to the male guests present to get to know her quickly.
After listening to the male guests in the party, they asked the host to match the girl No. 7 for a private chat.
Another dating software requires users to upload personal photos, and when users browse photos of the opposite sex, they swipe right to indicate they like it, and swipe to the left to indicate dislike.
The reporter registered the software and found that there is no need for real-name authentication when registering, just upload a picture from the Internet as a photo of himself, and the platform also completes the review in an instant.
Subsequently, the reporter updated several "private house recent photos" network pictures in the dynamic.
It didn't take long for a person named "The Old Man of the Chicken Farm" to come to the door.
"Hello, Miss, can I find you to play?" "Are you free at night, I'll come to see you with 'Momada'" "I live in XX, I can come directly to you at night"... The other party asked one after another Journalists are invited.
In order to avoid platform detection, the other party asked reporters to add their WeChat and video to facilitate follow-up appointments.
After being rejected, the "chicken farm janitor" quickly posted a message to look for the next "prey".
The dynamic content is a selfie taken at a hotel near his residence, accompanied by the text "Boring, Miss."
After a while, another person named "So-and-so" also sent a message, hoping to "hold the little hand and give 500 yuan later."
On the homepage, it publishes such information every day, and many people ask for contact information in the comment area.
"There is no self-portrait nowadays. They just take a picture from the net to take a selfie. Most of the people who take the initiative to chat have bad intentions," said an old user of a dating app.
Reporter statistics found that in just half a day, 19 users greeted reporters, but few of them were really for the purpose of making friends. Most of the greetings were "Can I make an appointment?"
There are also some dating apps that play the trick of "drifting bottle", and the content in the drifting bottle is also very obscure, such as "brother, your girlfriend knows that we are flirting, will she hit me", "what pose do you like", etc. .
Once added as a friend, it is convenient to induce users to send further gifts to recharge on the grounds of "showing you exciting photos".
Chat gift-giving step by step
Frequent complaints of fraud
In addition to involving pornographic content, some dating apps have also received numerous complaints for being a hot spot for scams.
On a third-party complaint platform, many netizens reported that the anchors in a dating software had behaviors such as inducing gifts, giving rewards, etc. As long as the user kept brushing gifts for the anchor, the anchor could unlock "new skills" at a certain level. From singing and dancing at the very beginning to sending photos through private messages, adding WeChat and even meeting offline, as long as the money is in place, the anchors promise to do it.
There are also many people who brushed a lot of gifts, but the anchor refused to provide the previously promised content.
Mr. Sun, a user of a dating software, was defrauded of 3,000 yuan without even seeing the woman's face.
Not long ago, Mr. Sun added a girl as a friend through a dating software, and entered a temporary conversation group through the QR code sent by the other party. The group members included her and an administrator.
Immediately afterwards, the woman shared the location with him and proposed to find a hotel nearby, which Mr. Sun readily agreed.
While waiting at the hotel, the woman said that she had already arrived downstairs, and she needed Mr. Sun to transfer 1,000 yuan to the administrator before she could issue the bill and send her bank card number.
Later, Mr. Sun couldn't help the woman's words again, and successively transferred 3,000 yuan to the other party. It was not until he had not seen the woman for a long time that he realized that he had been deceived.
Mr. Sun's experience is not an isolated case.
Recently, the People's Court of High-tech Zone, Tangshan City, Hebei Province heard a case of online dating fraud: the defendant Liang, in order to defraud others, met female friends through mobile phone chat software, and in the name of making boyfriend and girlfriend friends, falsely called them during the chat. A staff member of an agency, and provide copies of forged ID cards and driver's licenses to increase the victim's trust.
During the chat, Liang fabricated facts, and successively defrauded the victims of money for false reasons such as investing in business, transferring jobs, and the death of his mother, and defrauded 9 female victims of more than 110,000 yuan in total.
After the trial, the court held that the defendant Liang Mou, for the purpose of illegal possession, used fictitious facts and concealed the truth to defraud other people's property. The amount was huge, and his behavior constituted a crime of fraud.
In the end, Liang was sentenced to four years and two months in prison according to law, and fined 50,000 yuan, and ordered the nine victims to refund a total of more than 110,000 yuan.
The reporter noticed that in this type of fraud case, the dating software was only the first part. Many victimized netizens said that the dating software was just a "fish hook". Molecules then transfer to third-party software to commit fraud, and report the platform after they realize that they have been deceived, and often suffer the consequences due to insufficient evidence.
Some dating software have also noticed the above problems. When users send words such as "how much money" to each other, these software will automatically pop up a prompt window to remind users to beware of scams such as "killing pigs", and tell users not to easily add other social software and transfer money to the other party.
But there are also individual dating software with weak awareness of risk in this regard.
For example, a well-known dating software clearly prohibits "publishing all sexually suggestive and provocative information" in its community norms, but in the actual chat, the reporter did not see the platform taking measures against these sensitive words.
When reporters sent words such as "Ask?", they could not trigger the platform reminder, and even some slightly sexually suggestive sentences did not trigger relevant reminders.
In addition, in the live broadcast section of the dating software, users need to recharge the host by brushing gifts, and the host will also chat with users privately, guide users to brush gifts, and send red envelopes through other social software.
Some users believe that these operations not only fail to promote communication, but instead provide opportunities for criminals.
Platform strengthens supervision
Effectively protect the rights and interests of users
"If you engage in pornographic transactions through dating software, administrative penalties should be imposed, and those with serious circumstances will be held criminally responsible." Han Yingwei, a partner at the global headquarters of Yingke Law Firm, pointed out that in addition to fraud and pornographic transactions, current dating software also leaks citizen information. , false information and other risks.
Therefore, he suggested to increase the publicity of law and remind citizens to consciously resist illegal acts such as online pornography; at the same time, it is necessary to improve the software certification and management system, strengthen the supervision of such software operators, and urge them to operate in compliance; relevant authorities should From time to time, we will carry out special activities for network environment governance, and severely crack down on and rectify online illegal and criminal activities such as pornography.
"It is equally important for platforms to strengthen supervision." Han Yingwei said that platforms should strictly perform legal obligations, operate in compliance, strengthen audits, improve operational technology, and formulate network security emergency plans to effectively protect users' legitimate rights and interests.
Zhu Wei, deputy director of the Communication Law Research Center of China University of Political Science and Law, believes that the platform plays an important role in avoiding online fraud crimes such as "killing pigs". He suggested that dating software should maintain technical neutrality at the level of algorithm recommendation.
"The platform should prohibit registration with false identities, so that once a problem occurs, the platform can hold the person accountable as soon as possible. At the same time, if it encounters a report or complaint, the platform needs to take necessary measures in a timely manner to prevent the dissemination of information and report the relevant information to the relevant departments. "Zhu Wei said, in addition, the platform should prohibit minors from registering and using in accordance with the relevant content of the Minor Protection Law, and further improve the identity authentication process.
From the user's point of view, Han Yingwei suggested that users should enhance their legal awareness and evidence awareness in order to protect their rights; in the process of using dating software, they should also correct their mentality and take morality as the bottom line.