The issue of 'campus short videos' cannot be ignored

2025-05-12

In the information age, short videos and live streaming content that take campus as the scene, school life as the content, minors as the subject of expression, or are created by minors themselves have become an attractive form of communication. This type of content enriches the communication ecosystem, brings diverse choices for public leisure and entertainment, and also creates income for some bloggers, minors, and their families, allowing many people's talents to be showcased. These are concrete manifestations of a normal and orderly society in the information age, direct expressions of people's pursuit of a better life, and distinct symbols and characteristics of social life in the information age. However, the problems that exist cannot be ignored. Firstly, some content is not conducive to the healthy growth of minors, especially those with vague or even incorrect values. For example, there is a short video that presents the following scene: the class representative brings home the homework book that the teacher wants to distribute to the whole class for the short holiday. The mother asks the reason, and the child says, "I told my classmates that the teacher didn't assign homework. When asked by the mother what to do after the start of school, the child replied, "I arrived at school early and secretly put my homework in the teacher's drawer, then blamed the teacher for not sending it. When asked why he did this, the child revealed that he wanted to be the class monitor because the class was going to select a class leader (implying that the whole class didn't have to do homework, so everyone would vote for him). The video ends here. In the comments, someone left a comment saying 'I'm laughing so hard', and even some people praised this child greatly. This type of video promotes erroneous values such as resorting to any means necessary to achieve goals, falsifying information, and framing others, which is worrying. At present, many short videos have scripts, and if underage students are allowed to play roles and shoot such content without proper guidance from parents and relevant personnel, the harm is extremely great. Secondly, there are many violations of minors' rights in these short videos and live broadcasts. For example, excessive exposure of children's privacy and personal information, which harms their dignity, infringes on their reputation, privacy, and portrait rights, is not uncommon. Many campus short videos or live broadcasts are filmed without children's knowledge, and some even require children to perform according to the script, but children often cannot distinguish whether this is a regular recording or a deliberate filming. Especially some short videos aimed at creating "internet celebrity children" for economic benefits may have negative impacts on children's physical and mental health during the filming, production, and dissemination process. Thirdly, in the absence of proper guidance, videos shot by minors with the purpose of harming classmates and damaging their rights, even if based on fictional scripts, are a heartbreaking phenomenon of creation and dissemination. Fourthly, teachers who have convenient conditions for campus filming and underage activity filming, whether they are school teachers or training institution teachers, may not only violate teacher work norms and discipline but also interfere with normal teaching order if they excessively participate in short video filming or live streaming. Minors are still in the stage of physical and mental growth and development, and have essential differences from adults. Modern civilized society has formulated special protection requirements for children of different age groups, covering media communication content, content that targets children, and content that is suitable for children to come into contact with. China has established a legal system for the protection of minors under the guidance of the Constitution, such as the "Network Protection" chapter of the Law on the Protection of Minors, which has made many specific provisions for the protection of minors' networks, committed to creating a safe and healthy online environment for minors. These are not only the enlightenment of the values and protection concepts of minors for the whole society, but also the behavioral norms for the national government, social institutions, individuals, and organizations in dealing with children's issues. Therefore, for video content targeting primary and secondary school students and mainly set in campuses, from the perspective of production and dissemination, it is necessary to strictly follow the principles and rules established by China's Law on the Protection of Minors. Short video platforms should establish more detailed review standards and strictly control them. In addition to focusing on content quality, they should also standardize account information and operational management. Although the law can spread new ideas and provide codes of conduct, in order to make the concept of protecting minors deeply rooted in people's hearts and widely practiced, multiple efforts are needed to enhance the media literacy of relevant subjects such as teachers, parents, and guardians, strengthen the popularization of the concept and knowledge of protecting minors, and truly make the campus of the information age a fertile ground for the healthy growth of minors. (New Society)

Edit:XIA WAN QING    Responsible editor:LI HUA

Source:Legal Daily

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