I have been 'unboxed', what should I do? Recently, the topic of online bullying involving minors' unboxing 'has sparked a heated discussion on the internet. Going online has become a part of the lives of minors. However, new issues such as privacy breaches, "face changing" apps, and addiction and comparison induced by smartwatches pose hidden dangers, and the teenage mode sometimes "fails", causing concern among parents. How to better protect the clear environment for minors to access the internet? This requires the whole society to solve together. Lin Xiao, a third year student at a high school in Chengdu, Sichuan, poses a high risk of "opening a box" and "changing her face". She shared a photo of herself in a celebrity chat and mistakenly included the cover of her uncensored workbook. Enlarge the photo to clearly display information such as school, class, name, etc. Subsequently, the celebrity's "opposite home" fans used this information to lock in Lin Xiao's address and harass him. Lin Xiao's parents reported the incident to the public security organs. The "unboxing" that Lin Xiao encountered is a type of online illegal behavior involving the leakage of minors' privacy, which poses serious harm and has attracted attention. Previously, relevant departments found in law enforcement that some online platforms accept anonymous submissions, expose private information such as the names and schools of minors, and post abusive comments; Some online users spread tutorials on "opening boxes and hanging people"; Moreover, some businesses provide paid "verbal abuse" services for minors. Professor Wang Zhenhui from China University of Political Science and Law analyzed that the current network risks faced by minors mainly include personal privacy leakage, exposure to harmful information, illegal online infringement, and internet addiction. Minors have strong social needs and often "share" their lives online. If they share too much, the risk of personal privacy leakage also increases. In the special action of "Clear and Bright 2024 Summer Internet Environment Rectification for Minors" launched last year, the online information departments in Beijing, Henan, Guizhou and other places conducted in-depth investigations of problem clues, disbanded and closed more than 1500 topics, super talks, and Tieba. In 2025, the "Clear and Bright" series of special actions will focus on carrying out 8 rectification tasks, including rectifying the dissemination of false information by "self media", the misuse of AI technology, and the online environment for minors during summer vacation. Some online chaos arises from "exposure", while others arise from "hiding". Not long ago, Beijing resident Zhang Shuang said that his son, who was in primary school, wanted to download a software on his phone. "I looked at it while downloading, it's a foreign language learning software." Later, Zhang Shuang accidentally clicked on the software, and there were links to harmful information and gambling advertisements on the interface. It's clearly a learning software, how could there be any illegal content? Software engineer Ocean introduced that in the past, some apps often disguised themselves as normal tool or video apps when they were launched, evading the review of the app store. After being launched, they would "transform" into illegal software or insert illegal links. In the special action of "Qinglang 2024 Summer Internet Environment Rectification for Minors", relevant departments have identified and rectified related "face changing" apps. Some functions of smartwatches induce addiction. Nowadays, children's smartwatches have become a "must-have item" on many children's wrists. A small watch that can be used to add friends, make NFC payments, and download software, just like a miniature smartphone. The new problems brought by smartwatches have also caused concern among many parents. On the one hand, the built-in applications of children's smartwatches may spread harmful information. Not long ago, Shanghai resident Li Yang discovered that his son, who had just started elementary school, was reading novels that were not suitable for children through the reading app on his watch. He quickly checked the application and found that there were many inappropriate contents. Except for some people intentionally spreading harmful information, some content in children's smartwatch applications may not be a problem from an adult's perspective, but it is not suitable for minors to come into contact with Professor Fu Zitang from Southwest University of Political Science and Law said. On the other hand, some functions of children's smartwatches can easily lead to addiction. My son has recently become obsessed with a watch game called 'Memorizing Words, Eating Mushrooms', but the game is the main focus and there is very little learning content A parent in Beijing said. Some games use the guise of learning to make parents relax their supervision. In addition, functions such as points and friend circles can also easily divert the attention of minors. A product manager of a certain smartwatch introduced that currently, some children's smart devices lack a unified and standardized anti addiction mechanism. When parents neglect supervision, children are prone to addiction. With the continuous upgrading of the functions of smartwatches on the market, minors are also catching up with the "wrist trend". Chen Jie, a parent from Nanning, Guangxi, said that his child is 8 years old this year and has already purchased a second smartwatch. The reason is simple: "The child said that his friends laughed at his previous smartwatch for being too bad." Many parents have reported that due to a certain brand of smartwatch occupying a large part of the market, a specific social circle has formed, and non brand watches cannot add friends to each other, thus forming a certain degree of "brand contempt chain". Fang Jiandong, a teacher from the Department of Education at Guangxi Normal University, pointed out that children may define their identity and status through the items they own, and children's smartwatches will also become a part of their self-identity. "Parents and educators should educate children to value their personality, talents, and other internal qualities, and guide them to establish correct values." The adolescent mode experience is not good. The adolescent mode is an important measure to ensure the safety of minors using the internet by restricting software functions, time, and content. But whether the "protective wall" can withstand it and whether the youth mode can be better used on the basis of usefulness depends on its effectiveness. The Youth Blue Book: Report on Internet Use by Chinese Minors (2024) released by the Institute of Journalism and Communication of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and others shows that the proportion of minors using the youth model is not high as a whole. Ms. Zhang's child is in the second year of junior high school and loves to watch short videos on a regular basis. After hearing from a friend that the software could enable teenage mode, she immediately tried, but was met with opposition from her child. After activating the youth mode, we only promote animated films, "said Fang Fang, the child of Ms. Zhang." We're already in junior high school, who would still want to watch these? "Currently, the content supply of the youth mode needs to be enriched, and the user experience is relatively limited. More effort is needed to make children willing and willing to use the teenage model. After experiencing the youth mode of some platforms, reporters found that many platforms can only browse the content pushed on the homepage after enabling the youth mode, and cannot search, comment, etc. Not long after it was turned on, the child insisted on turning it off, "the parent said. After turning it off, they were worried that their child would come into contact with inappropriate information. In addition, the adolescent model can sometimes' fail '. On some second-hand platforms, there are also cases of selling accounts that bypass the teenage model, often for only a few tens of yuan to buy a video platform account. Zhang Xiaobing, Deputy Director of the Children's Research Institute of the China Youth Research Center, suggested that relevant departments can conduct research around the youth model, invite young people to discuss problems and provide suggestions. The youth mode can only be truly effective and practical if it is loved by minors. (New Society)