On October 15, the Internet celebrity "Luo Xiao cat cat" in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, committed suicide in a live broadcast, and his death after ineffective rescue caused concern.
On the 17th, luo kitten cat mother told reporters that it is handling the aftermath of Luo kitten cat in Shandong, and there are netizens in the live broadcast room at the time of the incident, and the legal responsibility of the person who started the coaxing will be investigated.
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<b>"I've been depressed for a long time"</b>
The reporter noted that "Luo Xiao Cat Cat" has 678,000 fans on the short video platform, and a total of 38 small videos have been released, the content is mainly based on life wear, in addition, it also operates its own Taobao store of the same name.
On October 15, "Luo Kitten Owls" posted a video on his personal video account with the text "This is probably the last video, thank you for accompanying you all the way." In the video, she said that she had been depressed for a long time, and even after being hospitalized for more than two months, the happy look in her usual works was only for everyone to be happy after seeing it.
"But lately I really can't hold back, if you want to know the reason, just come to trumpet to watch my live broadcast." Rest assured, this live broadcast must not be carrying goods or advertisements. ”
The reporter noted that on May 24, "Luo Kitten Cat" posted a set of photos on another platform, and some netizens noticed that there were some red scratches on her wrists, and the text she accompanied the picture was "Summer is hot, you are so sweet."
<b>In the live broadcast, some netizens encouraged her to "drink quickly"</b>
During the live broadcast, "Luo Kitten Cat" took out a bottle of brown liquid, drank it in one gulp, and held up the empty bottle and said, "I have drunk it just now." After drinking, she pinched her neck and looked very uncomfortable.
According to media reports, during the live broadcast, some netizens left messages encouraging her to "drink quickly".
Later, another user, "Doudou Easy to Be Hungry", posted photos of suspected "Luo Kittens" seeking medical treatment, and also said that she died after ineffective rescue.
The online transmission user "Beanie is easy to be hungry" is a friend of "Luo Kitten cat". Now, the personal signature of "Beanie is easy to starve" is "The deceased is gone, let her go with peace of mind".
Her latest video wrote: "That day the kitten did not think about really committing suicide, just wanted to show the current in this way, the enemy grass is fast she diluted the drink, drink it is also because the people in the live broadcast room are coaxed to drink it, and later it is also 120 by herself." ”
<b>Family response: The perpetrator will be held legally responsible</b>
On October 16, Luo Xiaocat's family said in an interview with reporters that she and her ex-boyfriend broke up peacefully, suicide had nothing to do with her ex-boyfriend, and people in the live broadcast room eventually led to tragedy.
On the 17th, Luo Xiao cat cat mother told reporters that she was dealing with the aftermath of Luo Xiao Cat in Shandong. At the time of the incident, there were netizens in the live broadcast room who coaxed, and the perpetrators of the rioting will be investigated for legal responsibility.
Luo Xiaocat cat family said: The pesticide is actually mixed with the drink, in fact, she does not want to die, just want to save Li through suicide, really drink it is purely the people in the live broadcast room to coax, the follow-up 120, 110 is also her own hit.
The family cracked the mobile phone and found that the suicide had nothing to do with the two boyfriends.
After watching the live broadcast, many netizens also expressed their heartache and anger, and called out to those viewers who wrote ruthless remarks in the live broadcast room.
<b>Should netizens who instigate coaxing be held responsible? </b>
Some lawyers said that the netizens' remarks are acts of ridicule, do not constitute instigation and help in tort law, and should be severely condemned from a moral point of view, but it is more difficult to pursue legal responsibility. Live broadcast drinking pesticide suicide, negated by the law, should not be published, disseminated, displayed on the network, the platform for similar topics, bullet screens, comments, should fulfill the active management responsibility and obligations, otherwise, may bear the corresponding administrative responsibility, civil liability.
<b>According to Red Star News</b>, the act of encouraging others to commit suicide, although difficult to criminalize, does not mean that they do not have to bear the responsibility for breaking the law. From the perspective of social harm, encouraging others to commit suicide violates the right to life and health of others, instigates them in public, and causes disturbance to social order. From a practical point of view, those who are instigated in the process of suicide by others are usually punished by public security in the name of picking quarrels and provoking troubles.
The relevant departments should investigate the cause of the suicide of the Internet celebrity "Luo Xiao cat cat", if it is found that there is deliberate encouragement, then in accordance with the law, the "spectator" and "shouting" should be severely punished, so that they can bear sufficient illegal costs. Live broadcasting platforms should also assume regulatory responsibilities and detect and stop tragedies in a timely manner.
<b>According to the surging news,</b> Ding Jinkun, a lawyer at Shanghai Dabang Law Firm, analyzed that netizens who left messages in the live broadcast to let the owner drink were suspected of helping suicide. If it is found that the message has a direct causal relationship with suicide, the netizen is suspected of intentional homicide. If the message does not have a direct causal relationship with suicide, but renders the atmosphere of the suicide scene, makes a disturbance, and has an indirect role in promoting suicide, it is also a violation of the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law" and will be punished by public security. At the same time, suicide by cajoling is also a civil tort, and the perpetrator must bear the corresponding civil liability.
In addition, the short video platform live broadcast suicide program violated public order and good customs, and did not timely discover and stop the owner's suicide behavior during the live broadcast. If the platform fails to perform its duties, it shall bear the corresponding administrative and civil liabilities.
<b>According to The City Express</b>, Fang Chaoqiang, a lawyer at Beijing Yingke (Hangzhou) Law Firm, said that whether there is a legal causal relationship between the acts of coaxing during live broadcasting and the final suicide of the anchor is the premise of whether the instigators should bear legal responsibility.
If the booing behavior of the instigators directly arouses the anchor's suicidal thoughts and has a direct impact on the anchor's suicide behavior, the behavior of these boobypers is suspected of instigating others to commit suicide.
There is some controversy as to whether criminal liability can be established for intentional homicide. Personally, I believe that considering the characteristics of online live broadcasting, the live broadcast environment that promotes the suicide of the anchor is also formed by the interaction of different behaviors of multiple instigators, so the possibility of final conviction and sentencing is not high. But this does not prevent these instigators from bearing tort liability for this. Of course, as an adult with full capacity, the anchor should bear the main responsibility for his own behavior. The booing behavior of the booing is not the main reason for the anchor's suicide; the anchor's own suicide decision and behavior are the main reasons.
As for live broadcast platforms, the current relevant laws and regulations have prohibited content provisions on live broadcast content and user comment content of live broadcast platforms, and the platform shall promptly block and eliminate relevant prohibited content, and promptly report to the competent authorities. Therefore, specifically in this incident, I personally believe that the live broadcast platform has the obligation to disconnect the live broadcast in time and block the improper coaxing comments, such as neglecting to perform the aforementioned obligations, there is a certain degree of negligence. Of course, whether there is a specific fault, combined with the specific analysis of the behavior of the platform in each case, there is no unified judgment standard at present. In addition, if the platform does have the situation of neglecting to block relevant content, it needs to bear not only civil liability, but also may receive administrative penalties from the competent administrative department.
<b>According to Chuanguan News commentary,</b> when someone is already standing on the edge of the cliff, what we have to do is to pull him and help him get out of the danger as soon as possible, rather than pushing him behind his back and letting him fall into the abyss of eternal disaster. When the Internet celebrity has lost control of his emotions and is ready to drink with a bottle containing pesticides, netizens should do to dissuade them, find ways to contact their families or directly call the police, rather than let them "drink quickly". The responsibility of the live broadcast platform for negligence is also worthy of vigilance. The live broadcast platform should undoubtedly strengthen the inspection and supervision of the live broadcast room, when the anchor says sensitive words such as "suicide", "drinking medicine" and "do not want to live", it should trigger the warning mechanism of the live broadcast platform, and then manually intervene in the investigation. If the platform can find the clues early and forcibly stop such live broadcasts, perhaps the tragedy can be avoided.
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Sources: Jiupai News, Boiling Point Video, Red Net, City Express, Daily Economic News, Surging News, Netizen Comments, etc
Edit: Peng Qian
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