On May 7, Jia Yueting, who "returned to China next week", sparked heated discussions in Beijing about where his IP belonged. For a time, netizens expressed surprise: Jia Zong returned? In fact, behind this is the business of IP territory.
Recently, major Internet platforms have successively launched the "IP Territory" function. Many netizens found that the IP territories of the home pages of self-media accounts such as "so-and-so mother in the United States" and "Small so-and-so in the United Kingdom" are mostly in China, including Henan Province, Hunan Province and other places. Weibo related to eating, drinking and entertainment information in various places has also been found by netizens to have most of the IP territories in Hunan, rather than "all over the country".
"Internet celebrity hideaway" and "people in the dew filling" A lot of network ridicule also came into being, not only that, but the black and gray production behind it also surfaced. On May 6, the Beijing News shell financial reporter found that IP territorial agents have become a hot business, and on online platforms such as Idle Fish, some sellers said that they could provide paid ip address change services.
On May 7, the Beijing News Shell financial reporter tracked and found that Idle Fish had removed some links to change IP services. The Beijing News Shell financial reporter searched for "IP address" and "IP attribution" and other related keywords in idle fish to show that there were no links to related goods. However, related service exchange keywords are still being provided. At the same time, for some network practitioners, changing the place of belonging is an easy thing.
The IP attribution change service is still sold after the service is blocked, and the seller said that some platforms cannot be changed
At the end of April, Weibo fully opened the IP territorial function, and by May, the IP territorial function of the head Internet content platform was basically opened, and many netizens found that the IP territories of the self-media account home pages such as "so-and-so mother in the United States" and "Small so-and-so in the United Kingdom" were mostly in China, Henan Province, Hunan Province and other places. Netizens joked, "The name is studying abroad, and the person is in the motherland."
At the same time, all over the place to eat, drink and play information and other related microblogs have also been found by netizens IP territory and name does not match, there are Weibo netizens posted to expose a number of bloggers pretending to be north of Guangzhou city information, although the content of the post is in the north of Shanghai and Guangzhou to eat and drink, but the IP shows that their posting address is in Hunan, the Beijing News Shell financial reporter randomly clicked on some of the microblogs Some of the territories and names matched, some are different, such as the "Chongqing Eat and Drink Life" account, its IP territory is Beijing.
Screenshot of the relevant blogger's IP territory Weibo.
Some views believe that the discrepancy between the content of the account and the territory may be related to the location of the account operating company, but many netizens still believe that such a "discrepancy" cannot be accepted. A number of self-media began to take the initiative to change the IP attribution, and the business behind the change of attribution also surfaced.
On May 6, the Beijing News shell financial reporter found that on a second-hand e-commerce platform, searching for "IP" as a keyword popped up many options that could change the IP address of the mobile phone or computer.
When the reporter asked whether to support changing the IP territory of Weibo in yesterday's interview, a merchant told reporters that it supports changing the IP territory, and the IP price of each device (computer, mobile phone) is at least 12 yuan, and 2 devices are sold. On May 7, the merchant's related product links were removed from the shelves.
However, on May 7, the Beijing News Shell financial reporter still contacted a number of idle fish-related sellers, and the seller said that it still provides relevant service to change the IP territory, and some merchants' product links are removed from the shelves, but buyers can still contact directly.
A merchant said that the flight mode of providing dynamic IP switch can be jumped randomly, and said that "studio number can be used". Some merchants said today that Tencent's business is not "blocked", but Weibo headlines can also provide services.
The reporter clicked into the seller's homepage through the platform to communicate with the seller.
Multiple sellers still exist as communication and network studios on Idle Fish, providing services such as traffic recharge and dynamic IP.
The head Internet content platform has launched the IP attribution display function, platform: in order to reduce malicious rumors, rubbing traffic and other bad behaviors
A senior network security practitioner told the Beijing News Shell financial reporter that the principle of IP territorial change provided by some sellers is to use a VPN, "that is, an address pool has been built in various places, these addresses can change in turn, but relative to the people who use it, it is possible to dial into Xi'an now, and dial in in Shanghai next time."
An Internet practitioner also showed the Beijing News shell financial reporter the results of rapid changes in territory. The person, who is located in Beijing, showed the Beijing News shell financial reporter in a short period of time that multiple affiliations were changed through technical means.
The above-mentioned person showed the reporter the changed IP address.
Ip address (Internet Protocol Address) is a unique address of the Internet Protocol, which is a unified address format provided by the IP protocol. IP addresses assign a logical address to every network and host on the Internet to mask differences in physical addresses. Proxy IP is an intermediate platform in the process of Internet access, which is accessed by the local computer first, and then accessed by the proxy IP to the target website page.
Beijing News Shell Finance in Baidu search IP agents, dynamic IP and other still a large number of advertising and operating companies exist. Taobao, Pinduoduo, etc. also have links to service goods related to dynamic IP and IP changes. Each merchant provides IP services, including static and dynamic proxy IP, supporting computers, mobile phones, simulators and other devices. There are payment models such as annual, monthly, and daily rent.
Common IP service providers for related Internet platforms.
Recently, Weibo has launched a full ip territory function, that is, the domestic display is displayed to the province/region, and the foreign display is displayed to the country, and the user cannot turn off the function. Subsequently, WeChat, Today's Toutiao, Douyin, Xiaohongshu, Kuaishou, Zhihu and other platforms have also successively launched the "Personal Homepage Display Account IP Territory" function.
Sina Weibo issued an announcement saying that in order to reduce the bad behaviors such as impersonating parties to hot events, malicious rumors, and rubbing traffic, and to ensure the authenticity and transparency of the disseminated content, in March this year, it was launched to display the user's "IP territory" function, fully open comments to display the IP territorial function, and the first-level page of the online personal homepage to display the IP territorial function.
On April 29, WeChat announced that in order to maintain the order of network communication and further crack down on counterfeiting and rumor-mongering, the WeChat public platform will display the IP territory of users when they publish content.
Subsequently, on the morning of April 30, the official account of Zhihu released an announcement that it was fully online to show the user's IP territory. Zhihu said that the answers to some of the previous questions in the station showed and commented on the IP territory, which will further upgrade the function of displaying the IP address territory.
According to the joint reform of multiple platforms, the online IP territorial function is to maintain a real and orderly discussion atmosphere and reduce bad behaviors such as impersonating parties to hot events, malicious rumors, and rubbing traffic.
The ip address of the account displayed on the general platform is the network location of the user's last post or comment, which is displayed to the province (autonomous region, city) within the territory and displayed to the country (region) outside the country. The territory of the account IP is subject to the information provided by the operator, and the relevant display cannot be manually opened or closed.
Xu Hao of Beijing Jingshi Law Firm told the Beijing News Shell Financial Reporter that Article 8 of the Data Security Law stipulates: "To carry out data processing activities, we shall abide by laws and regulations, respect social morality and ethics, abide by business ethics and professional ethics, be honest and trustworthy, fulfill data security protection obligations, assume social responsibility, and must not endanger national security, public interests, and must not harm the legitimate rights and interests of individuals and organizations." ”
The use of "IP proxy" services to commit illegal acts, that is, the seller's behavior is also illegal. According to Article 52 of the Data Security Law, "Whoever violates the provisions of this Law and causes damage to others shall bear civil liability in accordance with law." Where violations of the provisions of this Law constitute a violation of the administration of public security, a punishment for the administration of public security shall be given in accordance with law; where a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be pursued in accordance with law.
The Ministry of Public Security announced at the "Clean Net 2021" work results conference that it has carried out governance of key basic resources for the breeding of illegal and harmful information on the Internet, such as network television and "dynamic IP agents", and worked with relevant departments to investigate and deal with 146 illegal network television platforms in accordance with the law, shut down more than 13,000 illegal broadband lines and more than 5,000 broadband Internet accounts.
He believes that by using proxy IP to modify territorial information, it is to provide false and misleading information to the public, it is an act of dishonesty, and it still has a certain risk of violating laws and regulations.
The online IP territory or response to the "Qinglang Action", the action has disposed of 1.34 billion bad accounts
Internet platforms have recently launched IP territorial functions, which is seen as a response to the CAC's "Clear Lang" action.
In March this year, the Cyberspace Administration of China deployed a series of special actions to carry out the "Qinglang" series of special actions in 2022, focusing on problems with wide impact and great harm, including 10 key tasks: first, the special action of "Qinglang • Cracking down on chaos in the field of online live broadcasting and short videos"; second, "Qinglang · MCN special action to rectify the chaos of information content in mcn institutions; third, the special action of "Qinglang • Cracking Down on Online Rumors"; fourth, the special action of "Qinglang • 2022 Summer Minors Network Environment Rectification"; fifth, the special action of "Qinglang • Rectifying the Chaos of Application Information Services"; sixth, the special action of "Qinglang • Standardize the Order of Network Communication"; 7, the special action of "Qinglang • 2022 Algorithm Comprehensive Management"; VIII. "Qinglang • 2022 Spring Festival Network Environment Improvement" special action; IX. Crackdown on traffic fraud, black public relations, and network water army" special action; 10, "Qinglang Internet user account operation special rectification action" and so on.
At the same time, recently, the Central Cyberspace Administration has made special arrangements for strengthening the governance of online violence, requiring website platforms to conscientiously grasp centralized rectification, establish and improve long-term mechanisms, and ensure that the governance work achieves solid results.
The relevant person in charge of the Central Cyberspace Administration said that the "Qinglang Online Violence Special Governance Action" mainly focused on 18 website platforms with frequent occurrences of online violence and large social influence, including Sina Weibo, Douyin, Baidu Tieba and Zhihu, etc., through the establishment and improvement of monitoring and identification, real-time protection, intervention and disposal, traceability and accountability, publicity and exposure and other measures, to carry out full-chain governance.
As of March 17, the New Office of the State Council held a press conference on the 2022 "Qinglang" series of special actions. Sheng Ronghua, deputy director of the State Internet Information Office, introduced that in 2021, the "Qinglang" series of special actions will carry out a total of 15 special governance, including special governance of the "rice circle" chaos, special governance of internet account operation chaos, and special governance of the online environment for minors. In the whole year, more than 22 million pieces of illegal and bad information were cleaned up, 1.34 billion accounts were disposed of, more than 7,200 anchors were banned, more than 2,160 applications and mini programs were removed, and more than 3,200 websites were closed.
According to Zhang Yongjun, director of the State Cyberspace Administration's Comprehensive Network Management Bureau, this year we will carry out a network-wide clean-up of the network rumors that have been identified, label them, and make them explicit to prevent them from spreading repeatedly, focusing on rumors and information involving political economy, cultural history, and people's livelihood science popularization.
At the same time, each website platform is required to strengthen the identification of various information generated by sensitive areas and sensitive events. Timely verify information from non-authoritative sources that have a large impact and are widely disseminated. Nip rumors and information in the bud and minimize negative effects.
The relevant parties who publish and disseminate rumor information are seriously investigated, and the account subjects who have repeatedly published and disseminated rumor information will be prohibited from registering new accounts on the whole network. Where the circumstances are particularly serious, responsibility will be pursued in accordance with law.
At the same time, he also said that during this year's Winter Olympics, the Cyberspace Administration of China took measures to attack and insult Gu Ailing, Su Yiming and other athletes, coaches and other acts of cyber violence, and achieved some results. Since the beginning of this year, a total of 879,000 pieces of relevant harmful information have been cleaned up, and more than 41,000 illegal accounts have been disposed of.
However, online violence and cyberbullying are easy to rebound, and it is impossible to stop at a "fight". This year, we will guide the website platform to establish a monitoring model for online violence, through the analysis of abnormal behavior in the user's comments, bullet screens and other links, comprehensive number and frequency of reports, and accurately identify the signs of online violence. Netizens can also report through the "12377" hotline of the Cyberspace Administration of China or the Internet.
On the basis of cleaning up illegal information, for accounts involved in online violence, measures such as batch bans and suspension of private messages will be adopted to prevent the escalation and spread of Internet violence. Research and judge the nature of conduct, employing measures such as permanently banning speech or closing accounts for which they were first issued, frequently, or incited to publish information on online violence, and pursuing legal responsibility for suspected violations and crimes in accordance with law.
At the same time, strengthen the protection of users. Guide the website platform to launch protective measures such as "one-click protection function", restrict strangers' private messages, comments and forwards, launch post warning functions online, and guide users to comment friendly.
Beijing News shell financial reporter Cheng Zijiao Chen Mimi Editor Yue Caizhou Proofreader Lu Qian