A few days ago, a parent reported to reporters that on some short video platforms with a large number of users, many short videos involving the privacy information of minors have appeared.
In September this year, Mr. Jiang, a parent of primary school students in Chengdu, searched for parent-child paradise on the " Xiaohongshu " App and found that this app occasionally pushed short videos containing a large number of minors' lives to himself. At first, Mr. Jiang thought that the platform recommended some teenage users' experiences, but more and more videos that obviously leaked the physical privacy of minors were pushed over, which made Mr. Jiang feel worried.
Parents of primary school students in Chengdu, Sichuan: They often post some short videos like pajamas worn at home, similar to home clothes, and post them to the App to display them. As a parent of the child, I feel very worried.
The reporter downloaded the "Xiaohongshu" App and selected an adult with the user age of "20 years old". Afterwards, the app recommended the reporter to choose the interest section, and the reporter chose "reading", "stationery account", etc. After completing the registration and entering the App short video page, the reporter found that the page had recommended a lot of short videos related to "Diary Account". After several screen-sweeping operations, some short videos with pictures of minors as the cover were recommended by the App.
In several short videos, the reporter found that the video shooters were all minors themselves. When taking selfies with their mobile phones, the camera was directly aimed at their private parts.
In a short video, the position coordinates are displayed as Shenzhen. The words " Shenzhen School Uniform " are added below the short video. The reporter found that this short video, which was about one minute long, was about following a female student in school uniform, walked all the way through the classroom and finally entered the women's bathroom. In the "barrage function" provided by the video, someone left a message asking "what school's uniform is this", and someone asked the publisher of the short video to "introduce it".
On the "Xiaohongshu" App page, a large number of short videos with minors as the main characters also include short videos introduced by online games from time to time, and their names and covers have strong sexual hints. , a video account called "Game Commentary", released a short video of the game introduction, directly using the naked body of the female character as the cover, and the commentary subtitles of "Dancing without clothes".
, and some videos of women with exposed clothes on the covers and a large number of short videos containing minors are also mixed together, and users cannot choose to set the difference.
reporters found that in short videos containing minors, there were also a large number of user messages and barrage, and some messages had strong sexual hints.
There are 29 comments below a short video of a minor shooting introducing himself to his homework. Someone left a message saying, "Sister, do you like uncle?" Someone left a message "Make a friend" and "Do you get along with a partner?" Someone asked about the contact information of the minor.
review has loopholes. Minors are "being brought in"
reporters found that the "Xiaohongshu" App said on its official website that the number of users exceeded 300 million. During the reporter's browsing for more than two months, it was found that the platform had leaked the privacy of minors and the review of messages was not strict. How does the platform manage short videos, and how do teenagers publish videos after entering the platform?
Some parents said that after browsing and sorting out about 100 accounts containing minor videos, they found that content platforms such as "premature maturity" and "dating" that are not suitable for minor age groups appear in the "Xiaohongshu" App, and raised questions about the platform's review.
Parents of primary school students in Chengdu, Sichuan: I think this app should first review whether this kind of underage video is suitable for posting. After posting, there are many unsightly comments below. Will the child share his position and give some illegal people an opportunity to take advantage of it?
reporter reported some short video issues for minors appearing on the "Xiaohongshu" platform to the "Xiaohongshu" App and learned about the relevant situation.
Reporter: I saw that the platform pushed a lot of minors to me. What's going on?
Staff: When you register here, you will be asked to choose some categories you like. If you choose, you will recommend them according to your choice. If you don't have a choice, the system will recommend it randomly.
Reporter: For example, there are some short videos of adults, some girls who are wearing exposed clothes, and some who show their underwear and underwear, all of them are mixed together.
staff: is indeed sorry. If there is any relevant content, there may be no supervision here. If you see it, you can report it.
Reporter: You can only deal with it after I report it, right?
staff: Because there are a lot of these "notes" published at the same time, many of ours are reviewed by the system, and some may not be reviewed.
"Xiaohongshu" staff said that due to the large number of short videos, a loophole in the review was caused. The reporter found that the user agreement of the "Xiaohongshu" App specifically pointed out that "the protection of personal information of young people and children is attached to", but it stated in its "Rules for the Protection of Personal Information for Children and Youths" that "when using community, posting orders and other information release functions, if the guardian actively provides us with personal information about children and adolescents, it means that he has agreed to us collect and use the personal information of minors in the content of this policy."
A legal scholar said that such a user agreement means that the platform defaults to the content of minors in short videos with guardians, and once published, it means that the guardian agrees. However, in a further interview with the staff of the "Xiaohongshu" platform, the reporter replied that "the short video platform is open to registration for minors and does not require real-name registration."
"Xiaohongshu" App Staff: Our platform registration now has no requirements for minors. At present, because there is no real-name authentication requirement, basically you can register with your mobile phone number, QQ, and WeChat.
On one side, minors can register and shoot and publish short videos by themselves. On the other side, in the user agreement, it also states that the video is released under the guardian's guardian by default. Legal scholars pointed out that such an approach has caused the platform to shift the responsibility to the guardian of minors, which has also caused problems in the current content review.
Deputy Director of Communication Law Research Center of China University of Political Science and Law Zhu Wei : Because children have no way to judge some of their private information, as minors, their body and mind may not have fully developed and matured, and they may not know much about the impact of posting this video. However, for the platform, the minor's account must be supervised additionally. If there is no supervision, it may cause great damage to the physical and mental health of minors.
In addition to the problem of minors' privacy being leaked, the reporter also found that some elementary school students have also become "production anchors" of merchants who have joined the "Xiaohongshu" platform. In a user named "Su Yiyi" on the platform, a girl wearing a primary school uniform faces the camera and introduces the experience of using a underwear.
reporter found that this short video user named "Su Yiyi" is a lingerie brand. In this app, "Suyiyi" released 37 short videos, 6 of which contain minors, and most of them introduce the wearing experience of underwear. In a short video account, there were also many pictures of minors wearing underwear displaying, and the names and screenshots of online shopping products were also attached. Some netizens left a message saying that the account "for selling clothes, we should not post other people's kids online."
short video platform should strictly comply with the legal provisions
0. Recently, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued an opinion on strengthening the protection of minors in the online cultural market, and clearly prohibited the use of "Internet celebrity children" to make profits, strictly control and control minors to participate in online performances, and seriously deal with accounts that use child models to pose indecent poses, such as attracting traffic and bringing goods to make profits, will be dealt with seriously in accordance with the law.
data shows that as of the first half of this year, the number of short and medium-sized video users in my country reached 888 million. According to the survey report "The Characteristics and Protection of Short Videos for Primary and Secondary School Students" released by China Youth Research Center , nearly 70% of minors have used short video . Legal scholars pointed out that in the context of the increasing audience of short videos, online platforms should strictly comply with the provisions of laws and regulations to effectively protect the rights and interests of minors.
The newly revised Minor Protection Law implemented on June 1 this year clearly requires that network service providers strengthen management of users and information, and take corresponding measures in a timely manner when illegal information or illegal and criminal acts that infringe on minors are discovered. . Regarding short video platforms providing channels for minor registration, legal scholars said that platforms should strictly implement the provisions of the Minor Protection Law and conduct special classification management of short videos involving minor content. They cannot allow their accounts to be mixed with adult accounts, and should not actively recommend them to strangers.
Professor of Communication University of China , Vice President of Beijing Internet Law Research Association Wang Sixin : We have a principled requirement, which is to ensure the security of the information of minors, and the security of offline behaviors caused by him or her due to online. As long as there are security loopholes, no matter what misleading information is, or inducing teenagers to take improper behavior, these platforms have the responsibility to avoid it and have the responsibility to take active preventive measures. If the platform does not take precautions, or does not have the ability to do it well, our punishment must be kept up in time.
. Regarding the issue of real-name registration, since the implementation of the Cybersecurity Law on June 1, 2017, management standards involving Internet communities have been issued one after another, clarifying the implementation of the principle of "real-name and voluntary front-end" in Internet forum community services, post comment services, group information services and public account information services. Legal scholars point out that online platforms ignore relevant laws and regulations, causing damage to the rights and interests of minors, and will also be held accountable by law.
Women's Newspaper Comments
Don't let obscene sexual hints pollute the children's world!
Minors have weak self-control and low recognition of obscene pornographic content. The online platform's behavior of using minors' body private videos to attract traffic is infuriating!
Recently, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued a document to strengthen the protection of minors in the online cultural market. One of them mentioned that accounts that use minors to do sexual implicit actions and other attract traffic will be dealt with seriously in accordance with the law. Relevant online platforms must strictly implement relevant regulations, strictly review platform content, and create a clear and clear network environment! Minors are the flowers of the motherland and the pillars of the future. How to better protect the healthy growth of minors requires joint efforts from all departments and groups. should not let such obscene sexual hints pollute children and their online world!
Source/CCTV News Client, @China Women's News (Shiyi)
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