Beijing court has issued what’s being treated as the first decision to award damages for emotional distress in a case involving human flesh search engines. A Beijing man surnamed Yan won 10,000 yuan in emotional damages from his former employer, along with 1,300 yuan for economic losses.
人肉搜索引擎就是指在利用现代信息科技和传统搜索引擎的同时,更多地利用人工参与来提取搜索引擎提供的信息的一种机制。对于“人肉搜索”在网络中的作用,有人称之为Internet lynching(网络私刑),也有人称之为vigilante of the Internet(网络义警),至于孰是孰非,尚待进一步论证了。作者: 夜夜 时间: 2008-10-9 16:06