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| − | '''Human flesh searching''' is a phenomenon occurring in China. It is a search that begins on an online forum, bulletin, or blog in order to find a person offline who, according to the people on the forum, has committed a crime against human rights. The searchers gather any information they can on their target such as, credit card numbers, house address, work address, names of family members, email accounts, and phone numbers. | + | '''Human flesh searching''' is a phenomenon occurring in China. It is a search that begins on an online forum, bulletin, or blog in order to find a person offline who, according to the people on the forum, has committed a crime against human rights. The searchers gather any information they can on their target such as, credit card numbers, house address, work address, names of family members, email accounts, and phone numbers. This information is used to publicly humilate someone by getting them fired, ruining their credit, or even forcing them to move. In one case netizens human-flesh-searched a government official who had attempted to molest a young girl In this particular human-flesh-search, a security tape video was posted on the forum, which depicts a young girl running up to her parents and brother while Chinese subtitles explain that an older man (the government official) had tried to force the girl into the bathroom to molest her. The video continues to show the girl’s father and the older man arguing; the subtitles read that the man confesses to the crime while boasting of his power and position in the government. The search gathered information on who the man was and what position he held in the government. The commotion generated from the forum got the official fired even though the police said they did not have sufficient evidence to indict him. Human flesh searches are a way for chinese citizens to serve justice and overcome some government censorship online. |
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Revision as of 00:28, 8 November 2011
Human Flesh Search
Human flesh searching is a phenomenon occurring in China. It is a search that begins on an online forum, bulletin, or blog in order to find a person offline who, according to the people on the forum, has committed a crime against human rights. The searchers gather any information they can on their target such as, credit card numbers, house address, work address, names of family members, email accounts, and phone numbers. This information is used to publicly humilate someone by getting them fired, ruining their credit, or even forcing them to move. In one case netizens human-flesh-searched a government official who had attempted to molest a young girl In this particular human-flesh-search, a security tape video was posted on the forum, which depicts a young girl running up to her parents and brother while Chinese subtitles explain that an older man (the government official) had tried to force the girl into the bathroom to molest her. The video continues to show the girl’s father and the older man arguing; the subtitles read that the man confesses to the crime while boasting of his power and position in the government. The search gathered information on who the man was and what position he held in the government. The commotion generated from the forum got the official fired even though the police said they did not have sufficient evidence to indict him. Human flesh searches are a way for chinese citizens to serve justice and overcome some government censorship online.
References
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/magazine/07Human-t.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.currentintelligence.net/columns/2011/9/20/human-flesh-search-engines.html
