what does the anti-cyberbullying short drama "boomerang" warn us about?
2024-09-03
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the anti-cyberbullying short play "boomerang", directed by the china cyberspace security association and co-produced by douyin and china court network, was recently launched. in the play, the protagonist, old bull, bravely drove the thief out of the queue, but the scene of "cutting in line" was photographed and uploaded to the internet by passers-by who were unaware of the inside story. old bull committed suicide in anger at the cyberbullying. two inadvertent perpetrators traveled through time to old bull, saw the whole picture of the matter from the perspective of the person involved, realized their own mistakes, and actively helped old bull clarify the facts. the main promoter of the cyberbullying against old bull was brought to justice, and old bull regained his life.
the plot of "boomerang" is not complicated, but it reveals the complexity of the mechanism of generating online violence. when netizens saw the video of the tall and strong old bull "cutting in line" and "bullying" a girl, they directly labeled him as a "queue-jumping man" without knowing the whole story. then they launched a moral siege against him, which soon developed into an overwhelming online violence. in reality, many netizens are accustomed to constructing certain "consensus" with a simple moral framework, thus forming a subjective assumption about the truth of online events. the parties involved in online events are in the whirlpool of public opinion, and can only bear the risk of being "human flesh" and moral lashing on their own, and it is easy for them to become victims of online violence like old bull.
"boomerang" is also known as "self-returning device" or "flying back and forth device", which generally refers to a flying device that flies out and then flies back. it is meaningful to use it as the title of an anti-cyber violence short play. if the cyberspace is full of factors that breed cyber violence, if we cannot build a mature and complete cyber violence governance mechanism and governance system from the perspective of strengthening platform governance and comprehensive governance of the network ecology, each of us may encounter the "boomerang effect" of cyber violence - regardless of whether we have ever engaged in cyber violence, if we have, whether we have participated in cyber violence inadvertently or deliberately, almost everyone may sooner or later suffer various forms of cyber violence and become a victim of cyber violence.
cyber violence has become a public nuisance in the internet age. anti-cyber violence urgently needs to continue to improve comprehensive governance, including further strengthening platform governance. the "regulations on the governance of cyber violence information" implemented on august 1st clearly stated that network information service providers should fulfill their main responsibilities for network information content management, establish and improve mechanisms for the governance of cyber violence information, improve user registration, account management, personal information protection, information release review, monitoring and early warning, identification and disposal, and strengthen public welfare publicity for the governance of cyber violence information. douyin launched the anti-cyber violence micro-short drama "boomerang" and launched the "2024 anti-cyber violence publicity week" at the same time. this is not only a public welfare publicity to strengthen the governance of cyber violence information, but also a beneficial opportunity for internet platforms to summarize their comprehensive governance capabilities and effectiveness against cyber violence.
according to reports, by analyzing the key risk links of cyberbullying, douyin has launched a series of practical tools to prevent cyberbullying, including the function of "people who don't follow me can't search me". at present, a total of 407,000 accounts have turned on this function, effectively blocking the risk of being searched for the parties involved in hot events. when users feel uncomfortable, disturbed, and at risk of cyberbullying, they can turn on the protection status to let bystanders perceive their status and emotions. users can use the anti-disturbance protection tool to achieve "strangers can't comment on me" and "strangers can't send me private messages", and display "the user has turned on the anti-disturbance protection tool" in the comment area and private message dialog box respectively.
compared with post-punishment of cyber violence, it is more important to protect users in advance by preventing and identifying harmful behaviors in advance. in the past year, douyin has issued rational speech reminders to 1.313 million accounts, and implemented "gradient penalties" for "recidivist" accounts after intervention. the platform has punished 363,000 accounts of perpetrators, and provided free legal consultation services related to cyber violence to 378 users during the same period. with the implementation of a series of measures, the number of reports on cyber violence on douyin has shown a downward trend. compared with a year ago, the number of comments and reports initiated with the reason of "i was cyberbullied" has dropped by 20% on average per day.
of course, fighting cyber violence is a systematic project, and it is obviously not enough to rely on a single platform to strengthen governance. to fundamentally curb and eliminate cyber violence, the entire internet industry, functional departments, users, netizens and even the whole society need to make unremitting joint efforts.
