Chinese City Bans “Human Flesh Search Engines”
gangstalking | January 22, 2009
Chinese City Bans “Human Flesh Search Engines”
January 22, 2009 11:02 AM
by Denis Cummings
Posting private information online to ferret out corruption or other bad behavior, known as “cyber hunting,” is now illegal in one Chinese city.
“Cyber Hunting” Ban Passed Jiangsu Provincial People’s Congress Standing Committee on Saturday passed an ordinance banning the act of posting other people’s private information online. It was passed in response to the trend of “human flesh search engines” or “cyber hunting,” a form of vigilantism in which Internet users post damaging personal information about citizens and public officials as a form of punishment.
The law, which applies only to Internet users in the city of Xuzhou, stipulates an Internet user who posts private information can be fined up to 5,000 yuan and possibly be forbidden to go online for up to six months. A Xuzhou official told China Daily that, “Private information, such as age, salary, and relationship status are always targeted during online manhunts.”
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