The pool where Qiao Ming, An Ning and Li Xiaoxu clashed. Beijing News reporter Li Gui photographed
Two years on, some may not recall the incident: On August 20, 2018, Anning, a doctor at a hospital in Deyang City, Sichuan Province, and her husband clashed with a young boy in a swimming pool, after which the personal information of Anning and his wife was exposed, triggering human flesh searches and online violence. Five days later, Anning swallowed about 500 tablets of chlorpheniramine and committed suicide.
Recently, the Beijing News made a report on this "'Dr. Deyang An Suicide Incident' Two Years Later: Two Families Injured by Online Violence".
I read it three times back and forth and sighed. Before and after this story, it is a textbook that reflects on online violence and understands the norms of online words and deeds - under the Internet violence, there is no end to the egg. The two families involved in this matter have been pushed into the "black hole of the Internet storm", and the shadow brought by the tragedy is far from erased.
A drop of public opinion spitting stars is a downpour for the parties
In the report, the husband of the female doctor of Deyang who committed suicide due to the Internet violence said a sentence, which may represent the thoughts of many people when they have not encountered online violence: "I have not encountered this matter, I did not expect that the power of the Internet is so great." I really didn't understand it at that time. ”
Yes, we have always underestimated the harm of online violence. A lot of times, we overlook the amplification effect of the network. Every drop of spitting stars of public opinion falls on the heads of the parties concerned, which is a downpour.
After the pool clash, the incident first spread a circle of ripples, Dr. and Mrs. An were accused and insulted by various accusations, and personal information such as names, work units, positions, photos and other personal information was hung everywhere on the Internet.
After Dr. An committed suicide, the private information of the little boy and his family was also made public. Some people treated pictures of little boys' parents as relics, others put the words "rapist" on pictures of little boys, and others said, "Let me be a mob only this time, because I actually bought them a wreath." ”
This reminds me of the slogan of Mimon, a sister of the self-media at that time: "This is the first time I support online violence."
However, online violence, like domestic violence, is only zero times and countless times. You have carried out cyberbullying out of "righteous indignation" this time, and the next time you encounter something unpleasant, you will usually "launch an attack" on the keyboard.
After Dr. An committed suicide, her husband saw keywords such as "Deyang", "swimming pool", "civil servant" and reflexively thought it was himself. He lied to his 6-year-old daughter for months with "Mom went to Africa."
Another family in the incident, a 13-year-old boy, also wrote a "desperate letter" afterwards and did not dare to go to school; the family hid in the hotel for two months.
In the face of online violence, the perpetrator may not feel anything; but for the perpetrator, the possible harm and impact is a lifelong thing.
Please be a qualified network person
Dr. An's husband asked a question, "Are the same people who scolded himself and Li Xiaoxu's family, and did those who were willing to help him afterwards also say that they were scum and scum?" ”
I don't think it's all, but there must be overlap.
Many times, in similar public opinion disputes, especially in some events with obvious reversal characteristics, the voices of criticism and accusation and even insults on both sides may indeed come from the same population.
Because these people have a common characteristic: looking at and evaluating things, often letting emotions dominate reason, letting the jungle replace the rule of law, and letting prejudice expel objectivity.
Of course, these people are not necessarily bad in reality, but they lack awareness of online transmission and verbal harm. Their emotions are often rough in simplicity, and I prefer to see this as a cognitive defect, or an internet disease.
They all underestimate the Internet, so that they will not be aware of the lethality of online violence.
Dr. An's husband said that in his opinion, from the beginning, netizens were misled by one-sided facts, so they made a wrong judgment. In a way, they are also innocent.
Dr. Ann is decent enough. Indeed, when a network event is exposed, the information presented at the beginning is often insufficient and biased.
So, how do we become a qualified network person?
If you really do not make a good judgment on network incidents, then stick to the bottom line: do not expose and forward the personal information of others, do not insult or slander others, because this has involved infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of others.
No justice can be attained through illegal, violent means. If you think you have "arrived", you will only cause new harm, create new contradictions and hatreds, and then constantly channel this violence.
□ and Return (Media Person)
Editor: Hu Boyang Intern: Ouyang Xin Proofreader: Zhao Lin