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The first time I met the deadline 人 肉 搜索 (ren rou sou suo) in comments to an article of crime, I was immediately translate as literal " hunt for human flesh "(human flesh hunting).
Considering that in recent years, thanks to the enormous spread of the Internet in China, the first country in the world, Chinese internet users have created a real internet jargon, I tried to investigate what actually 'meant the term "hunting for human flesh." Some
most of the terms' are Chinesized of words that Americans have turned into verbs, designating typical behavior of the Web, such as "spam" (spam) and "friend." But far more numerous are their personal inventions, which could make the most perplexing of a navigator.
A recent figure of speech, real and virtual catchphrase '" very erotic, very violent! " which is used to describe something that e'cool and interesting.
But lately that has accompanied most of the discussions on burning issues of news is "human flesh" (instead of "human filter" : obviously referring to the search engine) to change the word "search engine" .
In my research about the origin of the term, "human flesh searching engine" (which would translate as a search engine of human flesh), I was shocked to discover that in fact the word has in fact the literal meaning given by its translation into practice and 'hunting down' virtual human, the public denunciation of his crimes, or alleged esisitenti, the disgraced.
usually works like this: a appeal or shocking news makes its accomopagnato compras a forum for some information or a photo a few times semplicemnete, surfers are unworthy to do research and begin manually rigaurdo the person: name, surname, workplace etc. ecc.Insomma anonymity the person is slowly stripped of everything, even as it remains only the "bare flesh" in front of the public.
The manhunt began and spares no one, not even the people "above", " a modern version of the tradition of medieval origin of the manhunt that was launched by putting a picture, and the prosecution , on a fence. .
An example of manhunt renrou Sousou :
In December 2007, Jiang Yan, a woman of 31 years in Beijing committed suicide 'by jumping from the 24th floor of his apartment. Intervention prior to his death on victim's personal blog, indicated in extra-marital scapatelle of her husband, the reason for his gesture.
The news of this blog-will, and spread rapidly throughout the network, creating a mass of outraged citizens who launched a veritable manhunt (or a "human flesh search engine") to find her husband.
Within days, every detail of the private life of the dead woman's husband was put on the network. For months the man, his family and his mistress were overwhelmed by violent messages and death threats.
In March, the man denounced 3 website for virtual violence and violation of privacy.
On 17 April, a court in Beijing began to consider the case - the first case ever against a - "human search engine" to make its appearance in the Chinese courts.
Published MOP "human search engine" October 2, 2008
1.68m High-, medium build, round face, double chin, hair-
The person in question was' moved to the village of Yangxian March 15.
has repeatedly abused Chang Xiao Hong, a young girl, her neighbor putting pregnant ... if you have information on this man please call 03187488187 or phone at 13931810574.
Reward: 20,000 yuan (about 2000 €)
人 肉搜索 (Ren rou sou suo) born so innocent in 2001 as a competition organized by a Chinese website (MOP) between its users. Users would have to search for information about movies, books, songs, etc. etc., then publish them in the special section "search engine human being. "After confirming the validity of the information provided, the user in question would receive a premium credit to be spent within the website.
Gradually the research process was itself a form of entertainment online. Xinghuanet.com, for example, shows how a participant, Judy, a professional virtual detective by day and by night, he discovered "for fun": the school of a student who had insulted his teacher, identified in reality two hawthorn trees that appeared in a novel, as identified in the workplace and address msn of a woman who published provocative photos in a blog.
Judy pubblicat the results of its nocturnal hunting anonymously under the heading of wanting to "help to correct those mistakes and have fun at the same time."
Hand in hand with their increasing popularity, has also increased the appetite of this human search engine, for the most part concentrated in marital affairs, sex scandals and violence. Hot topics that provide a greater audience and participants.
These virtual detective recently unmasked: a man who had maintained an illicit sexual relationship, a woman wearing shoes with heels that had crushed the head of a kitten, a foreigner had numerous relationships with Chinese women, etc.. After personal information is put online, the people involved are inundated with insults, threats to addiritura death sentences. Some also lost their jobs.
A computer expert points out that these machines of human research are a unique feature of Chinese society.
This can be easily understood considering the enormous and ever-present mass of the workforce in China and the Chinese tradition of "war between people" traceable since Mao.
On the other hand, given the imperfection of the Chinese legal system, the Internet is seen by many as a tool to find justice.
Experience pain of the Cultural Revolution, an event may be too remote to have any influence on young users.
time ago, Grace Wang, a Chinese student at Duke University in turn became a victim of the "human search engine", introducing for the first time the policy in their possible targets.
the day of the Olympic torch in San Francisco, Wang wrote "Free Tibet" on the back of a student dimostrante.La Waschington Post defended himself after saying that he did so only at the request of the protester and only on condition that he had also sought a dialogue with the Chinese group.
Almost immediately an angry Chinese students launched a "human search" by finding private information about Wang is that with respect to his family.
Grace Wang said that after his family had to hide, and was left completely alone by the local police.
Ironically, this time the human search engine has failed, achieving the opposite effect of what was intended by becoming Wang a hero in the eyes of western media.
Asked by the BBC to act as an intermediary between Chinese and Tibetan students, although she knew little or nothing about the Tibetan issue.
Nevertheless, not all citizens of the virtual network of Chinese human search engine consider this a good thing.
www.thefirst.cn (http://www.thefirst.cn/91/2008-04-18/203583.htm)
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