On the New Measures of Cyberviolence Governance from the Anonymous Function of Zhihu Offline
On July 7th, the official account of Zhihu issued an announcement, and the anonymous publishing function will be officially offline on July 14th.
Anonymous society-it looks beautiful.
In 1998, a film "The First Intimate Contact" opened the precedent of online literature in China. The love story of rascal Cai and light dance flying on BBS makes online chat a fashion trend at the turn of the century. At that time, anonymous society was still a romantic thing, unlike now, the network is full of hostility and opposition.
The virtuality of cyberspace dilutes all kinds of constraints in real life, and anonymity puts on a mask, which makes everyone’s expression more free, diverse and energetic. Surfing the internet, speaking freely, anyone can play role-playing in the cyber world. With the continuous expansion of the scale of network users, the disadvantages of anonymous mechanism have become more and more prominent, resulting in moral deficiency, weakening responsibility and rising cyber violence. The buttons hurt people and the proliferation of "human flesh opening boxes" has made online and offline unbearable.
On June 21st, Huang Yuanpu, the founder of Yiou.com, reported Zhihu with his real name. In "Will Yiou Huang Yuanpu run away with money?" Some people say that he "spent money on the May 4th Medal of Shanghai Youth" and "spent money on the Business School of new york University". An anonymous answer is like backstab’s critical strike. Huang Yuanpu’s words violently sent a number of friends, and he was furious.
Earlier in January, a "What do you think of girls in Jiangxi?" The answer shocked the network. An anonymous user claimed to be a "native" in Shanghai, and fell in love with a girl in Pingxiang, Jiangxi during her study in the United States. After returning home, the two families talked about marriage, and the woman’s parents, the lion, opened their mouths and asked for a bride price of 18.88 million yuan, tens of millions of real estate transferred to the woman’s name, and a red envelope of 100,000 yuan for all her relatives. Zhihu said after verification that the full text was fabricated and the account number was sealed forever.
02Governing cyber violence under the mask
Is Huang Yuanpu’s "bombardment" of Zhihu the trigger for Zhihu to close the anonymous function? It’s hard to say, but it must be related to another big news on July 7. The National Network Information Office publicly solicited opinions on the "Regulations on Cyberviolence Information Governance (Draft for Comment)". Among them, Article 14 clearly states that "network information service providers should strengthen the management of online community sections and online groups, and shall not collect information on cyber violence in terms of entries, topics, superwords, groups, post bars, etc., and prohibit the creation of topic sections and group accounts that publish poorly-directed content in the name of anonymous submission and shouting from a distance".
Because of its concealment, community groups are difficult to monitor and govern, and the Internet has no place outside the law and no enclave of public opinion. The National Network Information Office has improved the comprehensive network governance system, continuously improved its comprehensive network governance capability, carried out a series of "Clear and Clear" special actions, comprehensively rectified outstanding problems such as "rice circle chaos", cyber violence, and network water army, and continued to build a clear cyberspace.
On March 15, 2022, in view of the serious network chaos in Douban, the work supervision team of the network information department entered Douban. On March 29th, Douban.com announced that the private group was shut down on June 30th. According to statistics, in 2021, Douban was interviewed more than 20 times and was fined 9 million yuan. After several rectifications, it is still not enough. Why does Douban Private Group have to be closed?
Without him, private communities escape the public opinion space, leading to information cocoon and group polarization. Douban private group has set a very high entry threshold, screening applications for admission at different levels, some need to answer questions, some investigate user activity, and some even shake the number to enter the group. Members will be domesticated after joining, and administrators can delete posts, control comments, leave members with the same values, and kick out opponents. It is not allowed to seek common ground while reserving differences, and the same voice will eventually remain in the group. The closed information cocoon room is isolated from the outside air, and the brainwashing of rice circles is becoming more and more extreme, supporting idol homonym without a bottom line. The theme is not limited to love beans, but also women’s rights, animal protection, vegetarianism … When the extreme demon tries to make a move towards reality, the consequences are unimaginable. Therefore, it is particularly important to "clear up the source" before "clearing up the source", and it is especially important to control cyber violence and break down the community information cocoon.
0threeAnonymous submission, shouting from a distance, STOP!
"Anonymous submission" and "shouting from a distance" in Article 14 have become a common manifestation of cyber violence. Search "Call from a distance" and "bot" in Weibo, and you will open the door to a new world, which stinks.
"bot" is the abbreviation of robot robot, which is introduced from the external network and refers to a simple AI account with automatic reply function. However, the bot account in Weibo is operated by a real person, and the simulated robot has no emotional characteristics, so it adopts the mode of submitting and not reviewing manuscripts. Prefixes such as Er Yuan, E-sports, Fan Creation, Han Yu, etc. represent small circles with different topics, and bot acts as a communication medium. The uncensored two-layer anonymous speech platform encourages the negative energy of the network to vent, and the stinking comments are insane. No wonder insiders call such bot accounts "toilets" and netizens who contribute actively "toilet sisters" and "toilet brothers". The picture below shows the lightweight speech.
Do you think that shouting bot, network tree holes and confession walls from a distance are just anonymous curses by children who are not sensible? But what if cyber violence kills people?
On July 26th, 2022, an 18-year-old girl named Yinai jumped off a building in bilibili. Yi Nai is a Hong Kong girl. In 2020, she fell in love with a mobile game called "COMPASS Combat Talent Analysis System". At that time, her game nickname was "Suicide if you can’t get the golden head" ("Golden head" refers to the golden head frame exclusive to the player’s role, which is difficult to obtain). On April 30, 2022, Yinai joined the QQ group established by "Kangpas calls bot from a distance". In the following three months, anonymous group members, while peeping at the dynamic QQ space, insulted and spread rumors through the submission of "Kangpas shouted bot from a distance". "I said I committed suicide but didn’t commit suicide", "I can’t afford to play" and "a big lady with good family conditions" … poured out maliciously, even if they had never met. Finally, Inai died, and "Compass called bot from a distance" to cancel the account, and things went away.
The new regulations bring about new changes. On July 10th, the author observed that a large number of bot accounts in Weibo changed their names and ran away. Anonymous society can’t be a "fig leaf" and a "soft knife" for cyber violence. With the enactment of the Regulation on Information Governance of Cyber Violence, it is believed that the governance of cyber violence will achieve greater results.
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