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The First "Human Flesh Search" Trial

A summary of the progress and issues involved in the case in which three websites were sued for invasion of the privacy of an alleged unfaithful husband whose wife committed suicide. ...full story at ESWN

from ESWN on Sat, Aug 02 2008

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28 Feb 08 visit Olympic Human Rights  »  YouTube videoKEAN: British Foreign Secretary says China's human rights issues should continue to be addressed even after China hosts the Olympics. Debate continues on the lack of progress the Chinese communist party has shown toward human rights ahead of the games....
30 Sep 08 visit Around the Blogosphere: Human flesh search engines, street art by handicapped beggar and fake mass incidents  »  Shanghaiist Sky Canaves of WSJ's China Journal tells us of the first lawsuit in China involving "human flesh search engines" whereby the plaintiff has been awarded damages.Baidu, the search engine that's been accused of helping Sanlu censor negative websites in...
03 Jun 08 visit China: Another Mistake by Human Flesh Search Engines  »  Global Voices ESWN translated several pieces on Internet human flesh search engines' attempt in digging out the identity of Fan Xiaohua.
08 Sep 08 visit China: Anti Human Flesh Search Engine  »  Global Voices Zhu Qiang-qiang urged Chinese netizens stop the behavior of Human flesh search engine. Ku6.com has video an interview about his action.
28 Sep 08 visit Coal Miner’s Daughter  »  China Beat One of the most recent targets of China’s self-appointed net detectives—practitioners of the pernicious phenomenon known as the “human flesh search” (ren rou sou sou)—is not an unfaithful husband, a kitten killer, or a Tibet-friendly Chines...
04 Mar 08 visit Suicide MM's Blog  »  ESWN A Chinese female blogger commits suicide and leaves behind a diary blog about the alleged perfidy of her husband. The netizens then harassed the husband and the third-party female and caused them to lose their jobs.

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