The anchor Wang (a pseudonym) posted his "Release Certificate" on the cover of his circle of friends, which stated his household registration, the cause of the crime and the time of serving his sentence. I don’t know when I started searching for "released from prison" in Tik Tok and Aauto Quicker, and I saw many bloggers who said they were released from prison, sharing and creating with short videos or live broadcasts.
A new traffic track has quietly appeared, and the released prisoners who operate personal accounts have jointly stepped on a new track of "The prodigal son turns back to inspire online celebrity".
However, such an "inspirational online celebrity" also has many problems. Recently, the little red book platform account "Brother Tianlang" published its own "Release Certificate" and wrote "I will not accept charity from others … … Be reborn … … I hope everyone will pay attention to me and get the support of many netizens. But soon, some netizens discovered and exposed the crime of forced prostitution. The account will not be searched soon.
Released prisoners act as anchors.
What’s the chaos
Someone’s past crimes were exposed and his account was closed.
After the above-mentioned little red book "Brother Tianlang" was exposed for the crime of forced prostitution, netizens expressed that it was "unworthy to start over" and gained support and attention. They thought that "it is absurd and infuriating for such a person to be an inspirational online celebrity".
At the same time, the anchor of "Did the boy cry tonight", who has an account in Weibo, described his tragic experience of finding a relative, saying that he had gone astray and entered a "social university" (that is, a prison), and gained a lot of sympathy. After attracting more than 120,000 fans on the Tik Tok, "Did the boy cry tonight" began to broadcast the goods live, selling sanitary napkins to female fans at an expensive price, but it was discovered and exposed that his crime was rape — — He once raped female victims under the age of 15 with a knife. After the news was exposed, the public was furious, and the public anger was hard to disappear. Netizens expressed "extreme anger" and "intolerable".
As of press time, the reporter has been unable to search the above account on both platforms. However, if you search for "released from prison" on multiple short video platforms, there will be a large number of business accounts of released prisoners.
Some people say that there is no income to "support the family"
The live broadcast of the anchor Cheng (a pseudonym) often starts early and will not end until 2 am. Cheng told reporters that this is a job that pays off, and the other jobs he can find now are "income and return are not proportional".
In fact, since a fan told Wang in the live broadcast that the identity of a released prisoner of a Tik Tok account anchor was false and the prodigal son turned back to be his dummy, Wang posted his own Release Certificate.
The anchor Wang was sentenced for infringing citizens’ personal information. He told reporters that he made a video account because he didn’t spit it out. "One is to vent the depression in my heart, and the other is to hope that others can abide by the law after seeing my things. This is my original intention. Life in prison is really too difficult. “
Asked if the live broadcast of goods in the account has the purpose of making money, Wang replied: "I don’t have income now. Fans told me that I can hang a yellow car and others can buy things. I certainly don’t exclude the opportunity to make money. Just hang up. But I didn’t explain the goods for this. I don’t even have those goods. "
Chengmou told reporters that the business accounts are all "supporting the family", and its live reward and delivery income is limited and unstable, but "when it is good, it is higher than the average income of our county".
After he got out of prison, he lacked skills and found it hard to find a job.
Wang told reporters that after he was released from prison, he couldn’t find a good job like opening a car, sending a courier, and sending a takeaway.
Cheng, who is also the anchor of "released from prison", told reporters that most of the released prisoners have low academic qualifications and lack of skills. When they are rejected by professions such as online car drivers, the ideal place to go is a small enterprise that does not need to provide proof of no criminal record.
Both Wang and Cheng, the anchor of "released from prison", said that they did not sign a company. Cheng told reporters that he once briefly joined the "trade union" — — An organization that helps to plan and push the flow needs to be divided into about 30%. "But my type is too unpopular. They don’t know a lot of content and can’t help. It didn’t take long for me to retire."
Cheng said that after nearly 10 years of serving his sentence, he did not use the status of being released from prison, but because it was his only source of creation and content. In addition to sharing as a released prisoner, Cheng also tried to operate family-related content, but the feedback was flat. On January 12, 2023, Cheng posted a new video on his account, saying that although operating a video account brought a certain income, Cheng still hoped to find another job after the year. If the work was not smooth, he would concentrate on making an account.
Who is paying attention to them?
The reporter watched the live broadcast and participated in the fan group chat. It was found that in the live broadcast room of bloggers released from prison, a large number of prisoners’ families asked questions, interacted with the anchor and rewarded them. They had many puzzles that could not be solved by other channels, such as how much to pay the prisoners and what kind of clothes they needed.
The anchor Chengmou worked as a "younger brother" in a casino and was imprisoned for more than 9 years for economic crimes. A follower asked Cheng: "(relatives and friends who are serving sentences) always said that I should not go, which is troublesome. Should I go?" Chengmou replied: "If you can go, then you are afraid that you will toss, spend money, and bother. I definitely hope that you will go to see him."
argue
Regardless of fairness or not, just talking about social influence, released prisoners are likely to become more serious criminals and go to extremes because they can’t live. The society should be tolerant of such criminals.
Internet marketers are now fully trained and awarded relevant qualifications, and they need training and certificates in the future. If people with criminal records are not allowed to enter this industry, it will play an important role in the transmission and protection of user values. If there is a MCN company that uses this as a traffic outlet and uses "released from prison" as a traffic to bring goods, the values are wrong.
Can ex-prisoners be "inspirational online celebrity"?
Can ex-prisoners be "inspirational online celebrity"? In this regard, different experts have different opinions.
Chen Jiawei, a lawyer from Beijing Dayu Law Firm, said that, regardless of fairness or not, only the social impact, released prisoners are likely to become more serious criminals and go to extremes because they can’t live, and society should be tolerant of such criminals.
Zhu Wei, deputy director of the Communication Law Research Center of China University of Political Science and Law, told reporters that anchor is a social image appearing in the public sphere, which represents not only a profession, but also a special profession that needs fans and people to perform externally.
In April 2022, the Network Audiovisual Program Management Department of the State Administration of Radio and Television and the Publishing Bureau of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee issued the Notice on Strengthening the Management of Live Games on the Network Audiovisual Program Platform. The notice mentioned that for some time, problems such as chaos in webcasting and teenagers’ addiction to games have aroused widespread concern in society, and it is urgent to take effective measures to strictly regulate them. The notice requires that it is strictly forbidden for people who violate the law and lose their morality to use the live broadcast to make a sound. Webcast platform should strictly control the selection of anchors and guests, and adhere to political literacy, moral conduct, artistic level and social evaluation as the selection criteria. Resolutely do not use those who have lost their morality and decency because of their incorrect political stance, violation of laws and regulations, and violation of public order and good customs.
Zhu Wei said, "Now, some public figures, such as celebrities who evade taxes and have problems of personal morality, should be banned, so how can this happen to online celebrity? Still have to draw the bottom line. "
On July 6th, 2020, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the State Administration of Market Supervision and the National Bureau of Statistics jointly released 11 new occupations, among which the job of "live salesman" under the Internet marketer became the new national occupation this time, and it was included in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Occupational Classification Ceremony, which attracted attention.
"Internet marketers are now fully training and issuing relevant qualifications, and they need training and certificates in the future. If people with criminal records are not allowed to enter this industry, it will play an important role in the transmission and protection of user values. If a MCN company uses this as the flow port, use ‘ Released from prison ’ Doing traffic to bring goods, values ? ? are wrong. " Zhu Wei said this.
Lawyer Deng Qianqiu of Beijing Zhongwen Law Firm said that the principle of "public order and good customs" may be the reason for determining the invalidity of rewarding and giving red envelopes just because the relevant personnel give red envelopes and rewards with the label of "released from prison", but it needs to be clarified by concrete and mature judicial practice, and no relevant precedent has been seen yet.
Chen Jiawei, a lawyer, suggested that in the above-mentioned two cases that caused netizens’ anger, the released prisoners were forced prostitution, rape and other crimes that were not tolerated by society, with specific victims and real injuries.
Lawyer Chen Jiawei said that if the released rapist exposes the victim’s personal information or other remarks and behaviors that damage the victim’s reputation in the live broadcast, the victim can demand compensation and stop the infringement through civil litigation, and if a company plans to operate, it can be required to bear joint and several liabilities. If there are other acts that seriously insult the victim and degrade the victim’s personality from the media and live broadcast, the victim can file a criminal lawsuit for "insulting crime".
"For the crime of rape, the penalty is not deprived of political rights. However, if the crime of insulting is committed again, the penalty for insulting is an additional penalty that can be sentenced to deprivation of political rights. Then, after the release of the sentence, the offender has no freedom of speech within the period of the additional penalty. "
Internet audit industry insiders:
The use of criminal facts for speculation and consumption is strictly prohibited by the platform, such as wearing prison clothes for live broadcast, explaining prison content information, and telling the criminal process, which are all covered by the rules of the platform.
Expert: Live broadcasters need to pay attention to value orientation.
Zhu Wei told reporters, "But now there are dozens of occupations that people with criminal records are really not allowed to engage in. This is also the law. There is no clear legal provision for live broadcast-related industries, but value orientation is emphasized. On the issue of guidance, if the release from prison is used as a flow port to attract everyone, this is definitely a problem. "
The reporter’s search found that civil servants, judges, prosecutors, court clerks, people’s bank clerks, journalists, school bus drivers and other occupations are not allowed to engage in all crimes for life. The professions such as direct seller, tour guide, taxi driver, and online booking taxi driver are not allowed to engage in specific crimes (penalties) for life.
An Internet censorship insider revealed to reporters that the use of criminal facts for speculation and consumption is strictly prohibited by the platform, such as wearing prison clothes for live broadcast, explaining prison content information, and telling the criminal process, which are all covered by the rules of the platform.
Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star Journalist Wang Chenyuan Zhang Yanliang