{"id":30630,"date":"2009-01-03T00:17:28","date_gmt":"2009-01-03T07:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=30630"},"modified":"2009-01-03T00:17:28","modified_gmt":"2009-01-03T07:17:28","slug":"cyber-hunters-in-china-in-for-crash-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/cyber-hunters-in-china-in-for-crash-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Hunters in China in for Crash Landing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Straits Times Singapore, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themalaysianinsider.com\/index.php\/world\/15152-cyber-hunters-in-china-in-for-crash-landing\">via themalaysianinsider.com:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The cyber hunters who roam China&#8217;s online space could soon become the hunted themselves. The Chinese legislature is deliberating a new law to curb the excesses of a growing trend here \u2014 the awkwardly-named \u201chuman flesh search engine\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The first case of cyber hunting in China is believed to be in 2001, when a netizen posted a photo of a girl online, claiming that she was his girlfriend. Other netizens found out that the beauty was computer giant Microsoft&#8217;s model Chen Ziyao and exposed the lie.<\/p>\n<p>The government wants to crack down on those Internet users who hunt down individuals online and expose details of their personal lives. The draft law says the cyber hunters and the website service providers will be held responsible if they violate the privacy of others. And if victims ask for their personal information to be deleted, the online portals must comply.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Straits Times Singapore, via themalaysianinsider.com: The cyber hunters who roam China&#8217;s online space could soon become the hunted themselves. The Chinese legislature is deliberating a new law to curb the excesses of a growing trend here \u2014 the awkwardly-named \u201chuman flesh search engine\u201d. 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