Recently, a device called "long-distance kissing artifact" has caught fire. Related topics #Will you buy a long-distance dating artifact#Once soared, it appeared on the hot search on Weibo that day, and the topic was read more than 220 million.
It is understood that by inserting the mobile phone into the base of the "kissing artifact" and aiming at the sensing area to kiss, it can convert the felt lip action and strength into a signal to the other party's lips, and you can also enter the "kiss square" in the APP to experience the kissing of different people.
Remote kissing, specially developed for long-distance relationships
The reporter's search found that almost all of the major e-commerce platforms have "long-distance kissing artifact" related products, with a variety of brands, and the production areas are all over the country, with prices ranging from 300-500 yuan to a single one.
A number of sellers said that the "kissing artifact" has been selling since a month ago, and many customers have bought it back to try it out with a curious mentality, and sales have increased sharply recently. One of the sellers said, "The feedback from customers is generally very good, and it has been sold out recently. ”
According to the seller, after receiving the device, you need to download the corresponding APP to use it normally, and you can try the functions after downloading it by associating your mobile phone number. "The device sensing area recognizes the strength, movement, temperature, and sound of the kiss, and synchronizes it to the other party's sensing area through the APP video kiss mode"; "The APP allows users to record kisses, publish and download experiences"...
It is reported that Changzhou Mechanical and Electrical Vocational and Technical College applied for a patent for a "remote kissing device" in 2019, and Jiang Zhongli is the first inventor of the patent, in addition to 8 inventors including instructors.
Records of patent application of Changzhou Mechanical and Electrical Vocational and Technical College (screenshot of online platform)
Jiang Zhongli said that he had been in a long-distance relationship with his girlfriend for 7 years at that time, and he came up with the idea of inventing a "remote kissing" device. Jiang Zhongli's instructor said that he was worried that the invention involved moral and ethical issues, and then the project team conducted research with parent-child families, long-distance couples, migrant worker couples and other groups, and consulted medical institutions with medical and ethical knowledge, and finally the school supported the invention.
Design manuscripts
Some businesses said that the "kissing artifact" was specially developed for long-distance couples. This product is not a sex product, but a dating and communication product based on AI and virtual technology, and a popular expression of traditional kissing through APP media.
Strangers can kiss and there is no age threshold?
The reporter learned in the investigation that some stores and customers said that "the APP that needs to be associated with the use of the device" pointed to a kissing application software.
"Whoever you like, kiss whomever you like", such a suggestive statement appeared in the APP promotional pictures displayed by the store.
It is reported that the kiss APP is an application APP that provides remote bionic interaction functions and instant messaging for smart terminals, and the introduction of the APP reads:
...... It can transmit the user's 'kissing action' from a distance in different locations, is an emotional medium for remote communication between people, is committed to allowing both sexes and partners to get some diversified sense of ritual, and is equipped with the platform's improvised social function and exploration function, opening up everyone's joy of life with small ceremonies. ”
After downloading a kissing APP according to the link provided by the store, the reporter found that even if the user is single, it can be used, the APP sets the function of "uploading" the kissing feeling, the user can choose to upload the feeling of their own kissing device, and after other users click, they can achieve "air kissing" with strangers, and some "kiss marks" are also hung up with the label of "tense and exciting".
In addition, the APP also sets up the "square" function, users can leave messages on the square, leave contact information or add friends with other users through private messages.
A screenshot of a kiss APP page
In the "Square" page, many people took the initiative to hang out private social accounts, and some posted their own intimate photos, and some people left obscure erotic words such as "who is kissing me", "lonely" and "come to a sister", and some users used avatars that chose quite revealing and obscene pictures.
The reporter noticed that there were almost no thresholds when placing orders for related products, and the store did not set up slogans such as "no sale to minors".
Many parents are worried about this, believing that once the "kissing artifact" flows to the minors' market, it will bring bad guidance to children and affect their physical and mental health.
Lawyer: Or pornography, which leads to more crimes
Some lawyers said that in terms of the current functional technology of a kissing app, there are still certain limitations, it is easy to appear some gray areas, the space for pornography is not small, and it may bring unhealthy guidance to teenagers, and even lead to more crimes.
Another lawyer said that if "kissing" with strangers is still on moral hazard, then the addition of social attributes on apps related to "long-distance kissing artifacts" undoubtedly buries many legal risks for the use of this "artifact".
Some users may use the APP function to post pornographic information, add friends with others and chat naked online or engage in prostitution offline, so as to complete pornographic transactions;
Others may engage in more covert sex trafficking by playing "sidelines," such as setting up revealing avatars and sexually suggestive sounds when uploading kiss recordings.
Many platforms have been interviewed, removed or even shut down for entering the "sound social market" because of the spread of historical nihilism and obscene pornography.
According to relevant laws and regulations, as network service providers, platforms such as apps and websites shall perform information network security management obligations, supervise and review the content published on the platform, and notify and delete violations.
Failure to perform information network security management obligations and refusal to make corrections after being ordered to take corrective measures by the regulatory authorities may constitute the crime of refusing to perform information network security management obligations;
If the platform knowingly knows that the user publishes obscene pornographic content and also provides services such as storage and transmission, then depending on the situation, the platform may also constitute a joint crime with the user for the crime of disseminating pornographic materials or the crime of disseminating pornographic materials for profit.
There may be legal risks in the case of trademarks and patents
In terms of patents, the person in charge of a kiss APP operating company explained that the APP is a graduation design work of new media art interactive art at the Beijing Film Academy, and the company applied for a patent for "a remote kiss transmitter" in June 2022 and has received a notice of acceptance.
Jiang Zhongli, the inventor of the above-mentioned patent, said that he did not know the company and merchant to which the app belonged, nor did he cooperate, and in order to avoid disputes after the patent application was approved, he would further consider whether to contact the other party for communication or rights protection.
In terms of trademarks, after checking the official website of the Trademark Office of the State Intellectual Property Office, it was found that the trademark "Kiss" registered by the software developer of a kiss app had been rejected in December 2022.
An IP insider said, "At present, the reason why the logo cannot be used as a trademark is most likely to fall into the category of 'harmful to socialist morality or have other adverse effects', so the application will not be approved." ”
In response to the unauthorized use of unregistered trademarks by software developers, the lawyer believes that this is not only deception of consumers, but also damages the order of trademark management, and can be regarded as an illegal act of passing off a registered trademark, and the market supervision department has the right to investigate and deal with it.
The market supervision department may, in accordance with Article 52 of the Trademark Law, dissuade, make corrections within a time limit and issue a circular. Where the illegal turnover is more than 50,000 yuan, a fine of not more than 20% of the illegal turnover may be imposed, and a fine of not more than 10,000 yuan may be imposed if there is no illegal turnover or the illegal turnover is less than 50,000 yuan.
"Even if the platform subsequently passes qualification review, registered trademarks, patent applications and other forms of packaging, and covers up illegal purposes in a legal form, it will still be investigated for corresponding legal responsibility."
Transferred from CCTV
Source: Jiangxi News Broadcast