Dongxiao LiuBinghamton University

Human Flesh Search Engine and Internet Piracy

• Internet theory

• Human Flesh Search Engine

• Internet Privacy

• Government Policy

Overview

Internet Theory : Web 2.0 Generation

Internet

Six degrees of separation

people

people

Individual Vs Group

If a person is one step away from each person they know and two steps away from each person who is known by one of the people they know, then everyone is at most six steps away from any other person on Earth.

• Collective intelligence • Wikipedia• Yahoo answers • SNS

• Internet and Business• Twitter• Crowd sourcing

• (Users Add Value)• Pay-Per link• New Media Marketing• Long Tail Vs Free

• Convergence

Internet Theory

Convergence

 Telecommunications

Human Intelligence and Technology

A process of coming together or the state of having come together toward a common point.

Transition Slide

Human Flesh Search Engine

A new type of search employs thousands of individuals with one goal: to target persons or dig out facts through internet.

Human flesh search engine

• Target: Individual person or particular incident

• Method: – Employed thousands human power

exchange message– Posted thread on internet community or

online discussion forum• Tools: Instant message, discussion board,

search engine, internet technology• Consequence: Real life hunting Vs Justice

seeking

Human flesh search engine• Two cases in America• the Megan Meier Cyber bullying

Prevention Act• Marine throw puppy off cliff

Human Flesh Search Engine

From To

2001 2006 2008

First Lawsuit Against HFSE

Transition Slide

Kitten Killer Case

• When:February ,2006

• Where: A Chinese famous BBS

• What: A video clip of a lady killed a kitten was posted

• HFSE action

ition SlideLocate video

uploader ID and original link of video

www.crushworld.n

et

Website’s

registered

company and

general manage NetID:

Ganimas

Keyword search :

high heel, crush,

animal ,ganimas

Locate Online

transaction

Background of video clip:

Architecture located

Local camera man had online

transaction with Ganimas located

Kitten Killer Located

Human Flesh Search Engine

From To

2007 2007 2008

First Lawsuit Against HFSE

First Lawsuit Against HFSE• When: December 2007• Where: A personal blog• What: Suicide , last blog entry calls for seeking

justice• Consequence:

– harassing calls– death threats – Protest letter /job lost

• Lawsuit results

First Lawsuit Against HFSE

Internet Privacy

• Personal Privacy

• Personal Reputation

• Cyber Violence

• Civic Action Or Cyber Mobs?

Government Policy

• Real –name System and Moral Standard– Real-name System

• Moral standard• Internet law• Internet Supervision• Information Filtering• Your opinion

Recommended

• Books– Clay Shirky: Here Comes Everybody: The

Power of Organizing Without Organizations– Chris Anderson : Free: The Future of a

Radical Price– Chris Anderson : The Long Tail: Why the

Future of Business Is Selling Less of More• Twitter:

– Tim O'Reilly