Chen Hong (pseudonym) accidentally discovered it
Children who have had depressive symptoms on domestic e-commerce platforms
Purchased a "book that teaches suicide"
Nevin has various suicide methods
and its pain, troublesomeness, and other explicit content
According to the Southern Metropolis Daily, the book originated in Japan and was banned in Japan as early as the 90s of the 20th century, and was not published in Chinese mainland, but was translated into Chinese Simplified version on the Internet. The book has attracted the attention of domestic youth groups because it appeared in a Japanese anime broadcast on a domestic video platform; It now sells it in stores on multiple e-commerce platforms in China, even though those sellers know that it may be illegal.
Children buy "books that teach people to commit suicide" online
Parents questioned the book's harm to society
In early March, Chen Hong found the word "suicide" in the title of the book that her 15-year-old had placed on the table, which made her nervous.
Even after only a few glances, Ms. Chen found the book with the word "suicide" problematic, full of explicit content about "teaching people to commit suicide," such as detailing the various ways of suicide and rating it according to "criteria" such as pain level.
This made her even more afraid to slacken, and wanted to persuade her child to leave the book to her for safekeeping, but she was refused, and her inner worry was even worse. It turned out that the child had been depressed, and Chen Hong was worried that the child would be affected by the book and go to extremes.
The child's purchase record on the e-commerce platform is provided by the parents.
In the future communication and understanding, Chen Hong learned that the child saw this "book that teaches suicide" in an anime on a domestic video platform, and the child managed to buy the book online out of curiosity.
Chen Hong is now very worried, because even if she throws away the book, the online shopping channel is not blocked, and "there is no guarantee that the child will not buy it again." "This is not only harmful to our children, there are also many people in society who have depression problems, and this book also teaches people to commit suicide, which is not harmful!"
The book appears in Japanese anime
It is now sold on multiple e-commerce platforms
According to the investigation, the book originated in Japan and was published in Japan in the 90s of the 20th century, and within a few years it was put on the list of harmful books and restricted by various prefectures in Japan because discussing suicide methods violated the moral standards of promoting the extension of life.
The book has attracted the attention of teenagers because it appeared in a Japanese anime broadcast on a domestic video platform; The protagonist of this anime fictional story commits suicide according to the method described in the book.
On the platform, some people took a video introducing the content of the physical book and uploaded it, some netizens in the comment area left messages asking for book resources, and even claimed to imitate the behavior in the book, and some netizens called for not buying the book at will.
On the video platform, someone filmed and uploaded a video introducing the contents of the physical book.
Some netizens in the comment area claimed to imitate the behavior in the book.
At present, on domestic e-commerce platforms, most of the blank notebooks printed on the cover of the book "Suicide" are sold, and there is no text content of the book. However, on a number of e-commerce platforms, reporters still found that some merchants were selling text with actual text content.
The reporter found two shops that sold the book, both of which used words such as "anime peripheral" and "anime same" as a disguise, but both marked "have content" and said that they were "self-printed".
The reporter's chat history with the business.
There are also sellers selling the book to the outside in the form of "group customization" on Xianyu, and it can be seen from the dynamics of the seller's Xianyu homepage that the product has been continuously sold records, and the sales link has been viewed by thousands of people.
Some sellers sell the book on idle fish in the form of "group customization".
The reporter bought the physical book from one of the stores, and after receiving the goods, confirmed that there was text content, not a blank notebook, and the content of the book was no different from the version purchased by Chen Hong's child.
The book has attracted the attention of domestic media and public security departments
It is worth noting that in the investigation, the reporter also found that the book had received extensive attention from the domestic media and even the public security department as early as two decades ago.
Some media have publicly reported the content.
According to public information on the Internet-
In 2002, a student at the Institute of Electronic Engineering Management at National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan was found hanged in his dormitory, and classmates called the book a murderer.
In 2005, there was an increase in news coverage of the book. On March 2, a news report in the Lanzhou Morning News mentioned that a website with the same name as the book "became popular" in middle schools, "causing many parents and teachers to worry"; On April 21, the northern network reported that the pamphlet "reappeared on the Internet", and the child's peek made the mother very worried; On June 27, the Nanjing Morning News reported that a student at a university in Wuxi had posted a forum about the contents of the book, and that the Wuxi Municipal Public Security Bureau had given him an administrative warning and fined him 5,000 yuan.
In 2005, the Ministry of Public Security publicly stated in the media that the dissemination of harmful information online constituted a crime and that criminal liability was pursued.
According to China Youth Daily, on March 30, 2005, in an interview with reporters, the relevant responsible person of the Ministry of Public Security made it clear for the first time that anyone who disseminates harmful information on the Internet and constitutes a crime must be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the law; Those who violate public security management and Internet management regulations must be investigated and dealt with in accordance with law.
Column editor-in-chief: Qin Hong Text editor: Lu Xiaochuan Title picture source: Tuworm Creative Photo editor: Xiang Jianying
Source: Author: Nanfang Daily