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After several weeks of fermentation, South Korea ’s “House N incident” has finally received its due attention, and the culprit has been arrested.

The chat room operator code-named “Dr.” is 25-year-old Zhao Zhuobin (Jo Joo Bin) , his real identity is currently in the local area It was disclosed in the “8 o’clock news” of the Korean SBS TV station at 8 o’clock tonight. It is reported that I am an information and communication major with excellent grades while at school.

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Earlier yesterday, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said that he should respond to the “Doctor’s Room” (one of the rooms) ) Operators and all members will conduct investigations, and special investigation teams will be established when necessary.

Wen Zaiyin also stated that as President, he expressed sincere condolences to the victims, including 16 children and adolescents, and expressed sympathy for the legitimate anger of the nation. The government will not only delete the images, but also provide the victims with everything Necessary assistance. At the same time, he also pointed outThe government was required to formulate countermeasures against new types of digital crime.

If the Metoo movement that came to a halt with Harvey Weinstein’s imprisonment is a social-level discussion of sexual assault in the workplace, then the “N-room incident” that broke out in South Korea was a cover for the digital age Next, cruel sexual exploitation of women and even minors requires everyone’s attention.

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First, I will briefly sort out the events for everyone. If you are already familiar, you can directly read the content afterwards.

In summary, Room N was a “digital crime” on Telegram since November 2018. To date, the number of “onlookers” has reached at least 260,000, and 74 victims have been identified, including 16 minors. (Note: Telegram is a cross-platform instant messaging software that can send photos, videos and other files)

The origin of the “N Room” is not a room in real life, but multiple secret chat groups built on the communication software Telegram. The number-named chat rooms are collectively referred to as “N Room” “.

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In these chat rooms, members can watch photos or videos of women who have been sexually enslaved, taken illegally, and naked bodies are considered “basic operations”, and some of them are more “harmful” Content.

It is reported that the youngest group of “slaved” girls is only 11 years old. They are forced to do what they want to do to their viewers. The shooting requirements are extremely cruel, including cutting their nipples and using a knife on their skin. Engraved with the words “slave” and devouredFeces, even rape by designated persons and so on.

Controlling the girls to such an extent is not a matter of imagination. The “operators” have long planned well, making it difficult for them to get out.

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The above picture is the six-stage steps of the chat room crime. They will start by publishing money-making advertisements to shoot pornographic videos, using this as an excuse to request applicants to upload personal ID photos. After stealing each other’s personal information, they will The group sent it to friends as an excuse to threaten the other party to take nude photos. Once the photos were uploaded, they would be diffused by the room owner and become the object of criticism in the room.

They sometimes pretend to be police officers, threatening girls who have posted nude photos online, enticing them to provide more sexually explicit photos, and forcing these girls to become their own “slaves” who are responsive every week. Otherwise, the secret information will be Will be exposed online.

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These people also trick women into chat rooms by offering high-paying part-time jobs. Once an applicant is selected, they say: “You must join this ‘sponsorship program’, and if you send nude photos or similar videos, you will get a ‘sponsor’ to get paid.”

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In this way, the chat room has been extorting these women for a long time to take specified content on the grounds of mastering indecent videos, as if the never-ending reincarnation.

It’s like a time bomb, lurking around these girls-they are from the other end of the network, can not see the commander, but they are forced to obey the black trade in the virtual world in real life the rule of.

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Some girls ca n’t stand such torture and refuse to cooperate, but the price of saying goodbye to this experience is even more tragic.

The chat room member will disclose her identity information in the group, which details the victim’s work and school, and instigates the male members in the group to find the girl, Tortured her, and recorded the entire process and posted it online. In order to achieve the purpose of intimidating other girls, mentally control the “slaves” not to try to escape.

In addition, these uncomfortable pictures or videos have become a way for “operators” to make money by uploading them to Telegram’s chat rooms.

Also, they will require men who want to enter the room to watch videos to register as members, and members will also be divided into ranks, which are divided according to the insignificance and excessiveness of the video.

There are three types of paid chat rooms. The first-class chat rooms cost 200,000 to 250,000 won. (about 4,000 yuan) , 1.5 million won for third-tier chat rooms (about 8400 yuan) .

Moreover, if you want to enter room N, it’s not just as simple as paying the money, the operator will also ask the viewer to shoot similar videos for uploading and sharing. If you do not upload, you will be forced to exit the room.

That’s it, because people don’t want to be kicked out of the group, there are more and more people uploading videos in room N. It can even reach 15,000 articles in a day.

According to statistics, there are as many as 260,000 “crowd killers” who hide behind the screen to “share” the exploitation results.

Anonymous chat rooms are like whirlpools in the undercurrent, carrying black transactions, endless blackmailing the trapped girls. Behind this, every silent onlooker can’t escape the blame.

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According to a person in South Korea, since at least February last year, members of the Korean online male community have known that there is a sexual exploitation “room N” on Telegram, but instead of reporting to the police, they have begged everywhere Link “to enter the chat room.

Anonymous followers in the community reported the case that month, but police did not investigate further. Seeing that these acts of violence against women were not punished, the reporter even later became the leader of a “room N”.

Until last November, with the report of (The Hankyoreh) in the Korean National Daily and the participation of local feminist activists, ” The “Nth Room” incident was gradually noticed by more and more people. The principal Zhao was formally arrested on March 17 this year.

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To date, the police have tracked 124 people related to this case. Zhao’s 13 accomplices have been arrested and 4 have been arrested and transferred to the prosecutor. However, users suspected of creating chat rooms in the first place are still at large.

According to the police, the average age of suspects is around 24 or 25, and even includes minors. Police alsoTrack chat room users and plan to charge them.

When the incident broke out, it aroused a strong response in the society. At present, more than 1.68 million people have signed petitions online to apply for all members of the public chat room.

The picture is a screenshot of the website of the petition to disclose the names of all members of the onlookers. By the time of publication, more than 1.68 million people had participated

“If he is not the devil, who else is there? (He) should be put on the news … Human rights for those It is a luxury for those who despise the shame of others, “someone wrote in the petition on March 18.

Korean actor Xia Xunxiu also posted a voice of support on his personal social account, “If these unethical behavior ends up in jail for a few years, I really won’t stick with it. Please expose their personal Information and show their true face in front of the media. We really should catch everyone and make them ashamed so that they can no longer enter the society. “

From the discovery to the fermentation, this cruel trading chain lasted for one year. Those members who “dived” in the chat room, instead of not promptly reporting to the police, shared the links with each other to satisfy their curiosity.

It’s hard to fill.