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Boeing and Google give $1m each to Trump's inauguration

10 January 2025 at 11:18
Getty Images US President Donald Trump addresses a crowd at the debut event for the Boeing Dreamliner 787-10 on February 17, 2017.Getty Images
The plane maker has joined the growing list of firms making donations to the fund

US aviation giant Boeing has told BBC News it is donating $1m (£812,600) to an inauguration fund for President-elect Donald Trump.

Google has also confirmed that it has made a similar donation as the two firms join a growing list of major American companies contributing to the fund.

The list also includes oil producer Chevron and technology giants Meta, Amazon and Uber.

Trump's inauguration, marking the start of his second term in the White House, is set to take place on 20 January.

"We are pleased to continue Boeing's bipartisan tradition of supporting US Presidential Inaugural Committees," Boeing said.

The company added that it has made similar donations to each of the past three presidential inauguration funds.

Boeing is working to recover from a safety and quality control crisis, as well as dealing with the losses from a strike last year.

The company is also building the next presidential aircraft, known as Air Force One. The two jets are expected to come into service as early as next year.

During his first term as president, Trump forced the plane maker to renegotiate its contract, calling the initial deal too expensive.

Google became the latest big tech firm to donate to the fund, following similar announcements by Meta and Amazon. It also said it will stream the event around the world.

"Google is pleased to support the 2025 inauguration, with a livestream on YouTube and a direct link on our homepage," said Karan Bhatia, Google's global head of government affairs and public policy.

Car companies Ford, General Motors and Toyota have also donated a $1m each to the inaugural committee.

In the energy industry, Chevron confirmed that it has made a donation to the fund but declined to say how much.

"Chevron has a long tradition of celebrating democracy by supporting the inaugural committees of both parties. We are proud to be doing so again this year," said Bill Turene, Chevron's manager of global media relations.

TikTok的全球困局:备受欢迎的同时在多国面临审查

10 January 2025 at 11:34

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TikTok的全球困局:备受欢迎的同时在多国面临审查

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TikTok在加州卡尔弗城的办公室,该公司本周请求最高法院驳回在美国禁止该应用的法案。
TikTok在加州卡尔弗城的办公室,该公司本周请求最高法院驳回在美国禁止该应用的法案。 Bing Guan/Bloomberg
俄罗斯因TikTok未删除违禁内容而对其处以罚款。由于担心该应用被用于传播外国影响力,罗马尼亚的总统选举结果被推翻。在一名青少年因与另一名青少年在网上争吵将其刺死后,阿尔巴尼亚禁止使用TikTok一年。
“要么TikTok保护阿尔巴尼亚的儿童,要么阿尔巴尼亚保护自己的儿童不受TikTok的伤害,”该国总理埃迪·拉马在X上表示。
这都只是上个月发生的事。
美国约有1.5亿人使用TikTok应用程序,本周,TikTok及其中国母公司字节跳动请求最高法院废除一项法律,该法律将迫使TikTok出售或禁用该应用程序。
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近年来,TikTok在世界各地受到法律和政治审查,至少在20个国家面临全面或部分禁令,这些政府对其与中国的关系及其广泛的影响力,尤其是在年轻人中的影响力感到警惕。
尽管受到越来越多的审查,TikTok仍然在全球范围内大受欢迎。每月有超过10亿人使用该应用。
TikTok的新颖性来自其专有算法,该算法推荐源源不断的内容,主要是短视频,以让人们持续滚动浏览。字节跳动于2016年通过TikTok的中国版应用抖音首创了这一技术,后者已成为中国最受欢迎的应用之一,并为公司带来了大部分收入。字节跳动知道这可能会在海外大受欢迎,于是在2017年推出了TikTok。
但是,随着TikTok的算法抓住了全世界的注意力,立法者们也警惕起来,他们认为TikTok已经从一个猫咪视频和舞蹈潮流为主的平台迅速转变成一股具有潜在破坏性的社会、政治和经济力量。
TikTok首席执行官周受资在新加坡。2023年3月,他就该应用的安全性和与中国的关系在国会作证。
TikTok首席执行官周受资在新加坡。2023年3月,他就该应用的安全性和与中国的关系在国会作证。 Ore Huiying for The New York Times
从蒙大拿州到新西兰的官员都警告称,TikTok可能被用来煽动暴力、传播虚假信息和恶化心理健康。立法者还担心,TikTok可能会与中国政府共享用户数据,如位置和浏览历史。阿尔巴尼亚总理拉拉马说,需要保护年轻人,以防“算法的可怕陷阱”。
TikTok坚称这些担忧被夸大了。该公司在一份声明中表示,它有专门打击影响力行动的团队,并将其操作公之于众。公司还表示,会在算法中“保持内容中立”,并基于用户表示感兴趣的程度对内容进行排名。
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TikTok称,字节跳动的多数股权由全球投资者持有。与此同时,中国政府声称有权反对任何出售。
随着其他中国公司寻求在海外开展更多业务,TikTok已成为一个典范和警示。该应用表明,一种首先在中国流行的新型娱乐方式可以在其他地方流行起来。但它也为针对Temu和Shein等中国应用程序的抵制铺平了道路。
常驻美国的互联资本创始人凯文·徐(音)表示:“感觉现在每个中国企业家都需要一个政治学或国际关系学位,才能够把握自己的未来。”互联资本是一家投资人工智能技术的对冲基金。
新加坡咨询公司墨腾企服的首席执行官李江玕表示,其他拥有全球互联网产品的公司,如Meta和谷歌,也面临着全球范围内的审查。他说:“但作为美国公司,它们不会像TikTok一样面临西方政客和监管机构的不信任。”
以下是各国政府对TikTok的打击情况。
全面禁止:印度和尼泊尔
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美国的禁令可能会使TikTok失去最重要的市场之一。但TikTok已经经历过失去当时最大的受众群体。2020年,印度与中国之间蓄势已久的地缘政治冲突发展成为边境上的近身格斗,印度政府随后禁止了TikTok。
TikTok从应用商店消失,其网站也被封锁,这迫使以该应用为生的创作者在其他平台上重建受众。虽然出现了一些本土的替代品,但美国科技巨头是最大的赢家。YouTube和Instagram目前在印度的用户数量大约是美国的两倍。
印度邻国尼泊尔的官员将TikTok下架近一年,原因是其拒绝遏制被政府称为破坏“社会和谐”的仇恨言论的内容。在现任总理夏尔马·奥利第四次执掌政府后,禁令于去年8月被推翻。
去年冬天,TikTok的创作者们在华盛顿集会,支持这款应用。
去年冬天,TikTok的创作者们在华盛顿集会,支持这款应用。 Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times
罚款和被迫与当地企业合作:俄罗斯和印度尼西亚
俄罗斯政府多次对TikTok进行罚款,原因是该应用允许传播不符合国家审查规定的内容,包括性、性别和女权主义等话题。俄罗斯法院在过去六个月中开出的两张最新罚单总计约9万美元。
在印度尼西亚,TikTok推出了在线购物,并将其作为新的收入来源。在这个东南亚最大的国家,该应用的用户数量几乎与美国相当。但在2023年,印尼政府通过了一项法律,迫使TikTok在短短几天内关闭了在线购物业务。
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TikTok Shop在与印尼最大电子商务公司Tokopedia合并后才得以重新营业。对许多店主来说,重建受众群的工作进展缓慢,但对TikTok来说,这场磨难带来了一个好处:可以利用送货司机和物流服务网络,将包裹送达印尼的17000个岛屿。
在政府设备上屏蔽:台湾、英国、加拿大和其他国家
一些政府试图在对TikTok安全性的担忧和言论自由之间取得平衡。
台湾在2019年禁止政府设备使用该应用程序。但官员们表示,他们并没有考虑全面禁止,因为他们不想遏制台湾的公共辩论文化。英国、澳大利亚和法国,以及欧盟执行机构和新西兰议会都采取了同样的做法。加拿大政府去年11月以字节跳动带来的国家安全风险为由,指示TikTok关闭在该国的分公司,当时TikTok已被禁止在政府配发的移动设备上使用。
TikTok在上个月向加拿大法院提交的文件中对这一命令发起质疑,称加拿大政府曾指示其推迟提交逾期的文件,直到美国决定对该公司的处理方式。

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9/11 guilty pleas delayed after US government objects

10 January 2025 at 09:09
Reuters Aerial photo the prison at Guantanamo Bay shows high fences topped with barbed wire, several cameras on poles and a watch tower. There are trees and brush in the background as well as another fenceReuters

The accused mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks on the US will no longer plead guilty on Friday, after the US government moved to block plea deals reached last year from going ahead.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants reached agreements in July to plead guilty to all charges in exchange for not facing a death penalty trial.

In a filing with a federal appeals court, the justice department argued that the government would be irreparably harmed if the pleas were accepted.

In its decision, the court said it needed more time to weigh the case and put the proceedings on hold. It has not yet ruled on whether Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has the power to walk back the plea deal.

The ruling comes after a military judge and appeals panel rejected a previous move by Austin to revoke the agreements, which had been signed by a senior official he appointed.

Families of some of those killed in the 9/11 attacks had criticised the deals, while others saw them as a way of moving the complex and long-running case forward.

In its filing, the government said going ahead with the deals would mean it was denied the opportunity to "seek capital punishment against three men charged with a heinous act of mass murder that caused the death of thousands of people and shocked the nation and the world".

"A short delay to allow this Court to weigh the merits of the government's request in this momentous case will not materially harm the respondents," it said.

Almost 3,000 people were killed in the 11 September 2001 attacks, when hijackers seized passenger planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon outside of Washington. Another plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers fought back.

The three men have been in US custody for over 20 years and the pre-trial hearings in the case have lasted for more than a decade.

Arguments have focused on whether evidence has been tainted by torture the defendants faced in CIA custody after their arrests.

Getty Images Split headshot photo of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. In one on the right, he is wearing a suit and the left one shows him in a white shirt with his head covered and wearing glassesGetty Images
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged 'ringleader' of the 9/11 plot

Mohammed was subjected to simulated drowning, or "waterboarding", 183 times while held in secret CIA prisons following his arrest in 2003. Other so-called "advanced interrogation techniques" included sleep deprivation and forced nudity.

Several family members of victims had criticised the deal struck last year as being too lenient.

Speaking to the BBC's Today Programme last summer, Terry Strada, whose husband, Tom, died in the attacks, described the deals as "giving the detainees in Guantanamo Bay what they want".

Others said they were disappointed by further delays to the case.

Stephan Gerhardt, whose younger brother Ralph was killed in the attacks, flew to Guantanamo Bay to watch Mohammed plead guilty.

He said that while the deals were "not a victory" for the families, he had accepted them as a way of moving forward.

"It's not the conclusion to this case that anyone wanted… [But] it is time to find a way to close this, to convict these men because they're not getting younger, they're not in great health," he said.

"Let's convict them so they don't die innocent because that would be the bigger moral tragedy that they die innocent and the families don't even have a conviction."

Police search for missing sisters last seen three days ago

10 January 2025 at 09:17
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Eliza and Henrietta Huszti were last seen in the early hours of Tuesday in Aberdeen city centre

Police are searching for two sisters in Aberdeen who were last seen three days ago.

Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32 and who live in Aberdeen city centre, were last seen in Market Street at Victoria Bridge at about 02:12 GMT on Tuesday.

They then crossed the bridge and turned into a footpath next to the River Dee in the direction of Aberdeen Boat Club.

Police Scotland said they are carrying "extensive enquires" and searches to find the sisters, including the use of police dogs and the marine unit.

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The Huszti sisters were last seen on CCTV in Aberdeen's Market Street at Victoria Bridge

Both Eliza and Henrietta are described as being white, slim build with long, brown hair.

Police said the side of Victoria Bridge in the Torry area, where they were last seen, contained many commercial and industrial units and searches are ongoing there.

It added it was urging businesses in and around the South Esplanade and Menzies Road area to review CCTV footage recorded in the early hours of Tuesday and dashcam footage.

Ch Insp Darren Bruce said: "We are continuing to speak to people who know Eliza and Henrietta and we urge anyone who has seen them or who has any information regarding their whereabouts to please contact 101 quoting incident number 0735 of Tuesday, 7 January, 2025."

Inside the UK's first legal drug consumption room

10 January 2025 at 09:22
BBC Numbered booths with a white chair in each booth. Each one faces a mirrored wall. It is brightly lit.BBC
The new drugs consumption room in the Calton area of Glasgow is called The Thistle

Welcome to the Thistle - the UK's first and only drug consumption room.

After nearly a decade of deadlock and wrangling over drug laws the centre is finally ready to open.

On Monday it will welcome its first clients who will come in to inject illegally-bought heroin or cocaine under medical supervision.

The Thistle is based in Glasgow's east end, where there is a high population of users who take drugs in public.

Funded by the Scottish government, its aim is to reduce overdoses and drug-related harm as well as making drug use less visible to the community.

Users not prosecuted

Drug laws are set at Westminster but are enforced by the Scottish courts.

This scheme can only go ahead because Scotland's senior prosecutor, the Lord Advocate, announced a change in policy which meant users would not be prosecuted for possessing illegal drugs while at the facility.

The UK government said it had no plans to introduce other consumption rooms but it would not interfere in the Glasgow project.

Some local residents are against the plan, saying they think it will bring more dealing to the area, and an addictions charity claimed it would "encourage people to harm themselves."

BBC Scotland News was given a tour of the facility.

The Thistle is modelled on more than 100 similar facilities across the world.

It will be open between 09:00 and 21:00 and will operate 365 days a year.

People who arrive at the centre with drugs have to be registered with the service before they are permitted entry.

Inside, there are eight booths where nursing staff will supervise injections and respond to overdoses.

The consumption room will not have the ability to test the drugs being taken, but will provide a safe environment for those using them.

A grey, one-storey building with a flat roof.
The Thistle will be staffed 365 days a year for general supervision and in case of overdoses

Service manager Lynn Macdonald said staff were still unsure how many injections would take place each day.

"Some services similar in size to this in other countries are seeing up to 200 people a day but it's really difficult to predict," she said.

"You will have some people who will maybe come in once a day, you'll have some people who maybe come in twice a day.

"You'll maybe have some people who come in 10 times a day depending on their drug use pattern."

The service also provides medical consultation rooms, a recovery and observation room and a kitchen and lounge area.

Users will also have access to a clothing bank and showers.

The Thistle's running costs will reach almost £7m over the next three years.

It is situated in the city's Hunter Street beside a clinic where 23 long-term drug users are currently prescribed pharmaceutical heroin.

The new facility will not provide drugs - users bring their own supply.

A previous report by the NHS estimated there were "approximately 400 to 500 people injecting drugs in public places in Glasgow city centre on a regular basis".

Dr Saket Priyadarshi smiles at the camera. He is bald with a black and grey beard. He wears a navy suit with a light blue short and black glasses.
Dr Saket Priyadarshi hopes the service will address public injections

Dr Saket Priyadarshi – head of alcohol and drug recovery services at NHS Greater Glasgow – is the clinical lead for the service.

"We have a concentration of sites that are long-standing public injection sites," he said.

"We also know that in the vicinity, there is a concentration of people involved in injecting away from home and who experience some of the highest rates of drug-related harm and fatality in Scotland, if not the United Kingdom.

"It makes sense to deliver at this site, which is where the problem is."

Medical equipment is safely packed in individual wrapping and in plastic boxes stacked on shelves.
The service provides sanitary equipment for drug use

Dr Priyadarshi said he hoped the service would improve issues around drug-related litter and visible public injecting in the local area.

"We are not saying that is going to, in any way, affect the national drug-related death picture, or even the wider city," he said.

"We are focused on a very concentrated small population.

"Having said that, by setting an example, I do hope that other parts of Scotland will consider whether it is relevant for them."

Legal barriers

The consumption room is not a new concept.

First trialled in Switzerland in 1986, such facilities have since spread to other European countries including Denmark, Portugal, the Netherlands, Germany and Spain, as well as facilities in Canada and New York City.

Dr Priyadarshi was part of a think tank that first proposed establishing a consumption room in Scotland as early as 2008.

Glasgow's Joint Integration Board – a body comprising the local NHS and Glasgow City Council that administers health and social care services – first approved plans for the facility in 2016.

A bin for sharp objects on the wall of one of the injection booths
A bin for sharp objects on the wall of one of the injection booths

It came after an HIV outbreak among the city's injecting drug users a year earlier, the worst the UK had seen for three decades.

For the 2016 plan to work, users needed to be allowed to bring class-A drugs - bought from dealers – to an NHS site without being prosecuted.

Despite the proposals being backed by the Scottish government, drug laws are reserved to Westminster.

The Home Office would not back the plan and it was shelved in 2018.

However, it was revived when Scotland's Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC stated that it would "not be in the public interest" to bring proceedings in such cases in 2023.

Community concerns

Health officials were required to consult the local community in the nearby Calton neighbourhood before final sign-off by the Lord Advocate.

Over the course of a year, BBC Scotland News has attended numerous drop-in meetings between the centre's staff and local residents looking for information about the scheme.

Some remain unconvinced, citing concerns over potential rises in drug dealing and disorder in the neighbourhood.

Others complained about under-investment in one of the poorest areas of the city.

Annemarie Ward
Annemarie Ward said the service would encourage people to harm themselves

Annemarie Ward is the chief executive of the charity Faces and Voices of Recovery UK, which helped draft the Scottish Conservatives' Right to Recovery Bill making its way through the Scottish Parliament.

She questioned spending priorities and stated that the facility was a "misnomer of treatment".

Ms Ward said: "It is a harm reduction intervention, not a treatment.

"It is not in any way innovative or progressive to watch someone harm themselves so drastically and so catastrophically."

She said it was a "travesty and a devastation" that addicts often don't have access to recovery services.

Ms Ward added: "Does it stop people from dying? I don't think it does. I think it encourages people to continue to harm themselves.

"I would like to see the money go into services that can help people get their lives back. "

PA Media Dorothy Bain KC wears a white wig and black robes in a wooden court room. She has dark hair and is wearing a white top.PA Media
Dorothy Bain KC said the service was diverted from prosecution to address the underlying cause of offending

The Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC said: "This policy is an extension of the principles of diversion from prosecution.

"That is a process by which the procurator fiscal can refer a case to a local authority, or other identified agency, as a means of addressing underlying causes of offending.

"In diverting cases we aim to break cycles of harm and reduce the impact of crime on communities."

She said she was satisfied that the Glasgow facility could provide a way for support services to engage with some of the most vulnerable people in society.

"I understand that this policy may be a source of anxiety for some who live and work near the facility," she added.

"The policy is very narrow and does not mean other offending will be tolerated.

"Supply offences are not included and Police Scotland will enforce these, and other crimes, as they always have."

'Everybody is using'

Julie – not her real name – has been using drugs for six years and was sleeping rough in the city centre when she spoke to BBC Scotland in December.

"The drug situation in Glasgow is a lot harder and more serious now," she said.

"Everybody is using. You go down a street, you'll see paraphernalia. You go on a corner, you'll see someone taking drugs, not caring, bold as brass.

"With this consumption room – I think everyone will use it. But it will be about trust."

The injection booths with mirrored walls and plastic white chairs are behind a reception desk with a computer.
The Thistle is modelled on more than 100 similar facilities across the world

David Clark is also on the streets and is trying to get off drugs after a relapse.

He pointed out the one-mile distance between the city's shopping district where some users congregate and the consumption room.

"If it is run right, it's a good thing," he said.

"But when people buy drugs down here [in the city centre], they won't want to walk away up there [to Hunter Street], will they?

"That's the catch."

He added: "But my thumbs are up for that kind of stuff if it will save lives."

Drug deaths

Scotland's drug death crisis is not going away.

The number of fatal overdoses steadily rose throughout the 2010s until a record high of 1,339 in 2020.

Since then, the numbers have stabilised but remained stubbornly high.

While England and Wales saw record overdose deaths in 2023, the death rate in Scotland for the same year was more than double.

In 2021, the Scottish government declared its "national mission" to tackle drug deaths, with £250m funding over five years.

This led to a widespread rollout of the overdose prevention drug naloxone, a focus on improving addiction treatment standards and pledges to increase places in residential rehabilitation facilities.

Scottish Health Secretary Neil Gray has welcomed the centre's opening.

He said: "It's absolutely rooted in the centre of the national mission about reducing harm.

"It is about making sure people are able to, in a stigma free way, access services and support. Because it's not just about the safer consumption element.

"It's also about the wraparound and holistic interventions that are available as part of that."

The UK government said it had "no plans to introduce consumption rooms".

It added: "We will also continue to take preventative public health measures to tackle the biggest killers in our society, including drug misuse, and better support people to live longer, healthier lives."

A spokesperson said the UK government "will not interfere with the independence of the Lord Advocate with respect to the pilot drug consumption room in Glasgow".

Price of resale tickets to be capped under plans to tackle touts

10 January 2025 at 09:45
Getty Images People at a front row of a concert, right, watch Fatboy Slim on stage behind a DJ set of decks, leftGetty Images
A concert by Fatboy Slim - who learnt to play violin with the prime minister and has backed these proposals

The government has announced plans to cap the price of resale tickets in a clamp-down on ticket touts who bulk buy tickets and then resell them for huge profits.

The cap would apply to tickets in the live events industry including sport, music, comedy and theatre.

It was one of the government's election promises, after complaints from fans and concert-goers about the massively inflated cost of some resale tickets.

A public consultation will now be launched to consider the cap and how much it will be - anywhere from the ticket's face value or up to 30% on top of the original price.

Separately, the government is also putting out a call for evidence on dynamic pricing, which is where the price of tickets rise at times of high demand.

Hundreds of people complained after experiencing dynamic pricing when Oasis tickets went on sale last August, with some fans charged more than £350 for tickets with an initial face value of £150.

According to analysis by the Competition and Market Authority (CMA), tickets sold on the resale market are typically marked up by more than 50%.

Investigations by Trading Standards have uncovered evidence of tickets being resold for up to six times their original cost.

Fans for music artists including Coldplay and Taylor Swift have complained that minutes after tickets to their concerts sold out, resale tickets were listed online for thousands of pounds.

The government says its consultation will seek views on capping resale prices on a range, from the original price to up to a 30% uplift.

Ministers are also proposing limiting the number of tickets that resellers can sell, to the maximum they are allowed to purchase in the original ticket sale.

They also want to create new legal obligations for ticket resale websites and apps to oversee the accuracy of information they provide to fans - with Trading Standards and the Competition and Marketing Authority responsible for enforcement.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said: "We are taking action to strengthen consumer protections, stop fans getting ripped off and ensure money spent on tickets goes back into our incredible live events sector, instead of into the pockets of greedy touts."

Alongside the consultation, ministers have launched a call for evidence into dynamic pricing - which is says is often used to sell unsold tickets with lower prices but has meant some customers have been caught out paying higher prices for high-demand events.

"The call for evidence will seek views on how the ticketing system in the live events sector is working for fans and whether the current system provides sufficient protection from unfair practices," the governments aid.

Last year, Oasis fans were asked to pay as much as £350 per ticket, around £200 more than had been advertised, due to demand.

Previously, Noel and Liam Gallagher said they had not been aware that dynamic pricing would be used for their UK stadium shows next summer - but acknowledged that the roll out of the tickets had not gone as planned.

Ticketmaster has said it does not set prices and that it is down to the "event organiser" who "has priced these tickets according to their market value".

'Potentially game-changing'

Ticket resale sites have previously defended their services, with Viagogo saying its site ensures resales are "a secure, safe transaction".

Viagogo's boss previously told the BBC lots of fans actually prefer buying on Viagogo instead of buying tickets direct.

"They don't want to be forced to get up on Friday morning and wait in a queue that may or may not happen," he says.

In a statement, Viagogo said it would "continue to constructively engage with the government".

It added that it will "look forward to responding in full to the consultation and call for evidence on improving consumer protections in the ticketing market".

Meanwhile, Ticketmaster said it would support a cap on the reselling of tickets.

"Since 2018, our resale has been capped at face value, providing fans a safe place to sell tickets they can't use at the original price set by artists and event organisers," it said.

"We support proposals to introduce an industry-wide resale price cap. We also urge the government to crack down on bots and ban speculative ticket sales."

Campaigners and music artists have welcomed the consultation. UK Music, which represents the UK's music industry, said it wanted a "clear price cap".

Musician and DJ Fatboy Slim gave his backing to the government's proposals, saying it was "great to see money being put back into fans' pockets instead of resellers".

Labour's Sharon Hodgson, the MP who chairs the all-party parliamentary group on ticket abuse and has been campaigning for 15 years on the issue, also welcomed the government's proposal.

"I hope all those who have been affected by the inflated prices, speculative ticket selling or fallen victim to scams that are prolific within the secondary market will get involved in this consultation," she said.

FanFair Alliance, a campaign group that was set up against ticket touts, called the measures "potentially game-changing".

It pointed to other countries - such as Ireland which banned ticket touting in 2021 - saying it shows "how legislation to prevent the resale of tickets for profit can massively curb the illegal and anti-consumer practices of online ticket touts and offshore resale platforms. The UK simply needs to follow their example".

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中国为何不惜赔钱也要破坏美国经济

10 January 2025 at 10:57

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唐纳德·特朗普使世界意识到了中国带来的危险,尤其是中国试图超过美国成为世界上最先进的经济体的努力,在这一点上,他功不可没。但无论是他的第一届政府还是拜登总统的政府,在防止中国的侵袭方面都做得不够,据我领导的无党派技术政策智库信息技术与创新基金会汇集的数据,中国的做法已使美国失去了数百万个制造业岗位,导致数万家美国工厂倒闭。这是因为两党的政策制定者们才刚刚缓慢地意识到一个现实:我们已经处于一场工业战争之中。
立法者们需要明白,虽然赚钱的欲望是贸易和资本主义的根本驱动力,但对中国来说,它是第二位的。中国的首要目标是破坏美国经济,为中国成为世界头号力量铺平道路。像中国这样的国家其实是强权贸易国,之所以这样说,是因为其政策和项目的设计不仅是为了提升自身的实力,也是为了削弱对手,甚至以牺牲本国经济为代价。
中国在各个产业的生产和创新上的进步速度引人注目。如果我们的政策制定者们不够迅速机敏,他们将让美国工人、美国经济及其世界地位面临危险。
历史已见证过这种行动。从19世纪末到第二次世界大战的那段时间里,德国向世界证明了贸易能够怎样被用作武器,成为“强权、迫胁,甚至征服的工具”,发展经济学家阿尔伯特·赫希曼写道。
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和中国一样,当时的德国主要集中于进口其战争机器所需的商品,将对外贸易转向友好国家或附属国,并寻求控制海洋贸易航线,所有这些都是为了限制对手的发展。和中国一样,德国政府压低本国货币的价值(使其商品对其他国家的消费者来说相对便宜),充分利用关税和补贴出口,来巩固本国在钢铁、化学制品和机械等工业产品的地位。
和中国一样,当时的德国公司为了与海外竞争对手抢夺市场份额,以低于制造成本的价格出口商品。和中国一样,德国人从事系统性的工业间谍活动。被派往海外的工程师得到明确的命令,要求他们将商业机密带回德国公司。
还有窃取知识产权问题,包括化学制品配方和机械设计方案,这为德国制造商带来优势。1919年,《纽约论坛报》在一篇关于德国的文章中写道:“商标被盗版是常事”,这个说法今天也能用在关于中国的文章里。
简言之,德国曾寻求获得技术经济实力,尤其是超出其欧洲对手的实力,然后用这种实力来称霸欧洲大陆。正如法国经济学家昂立·奥瑟尔1915年写的那样,“德国在和平时期用和平的手段发动了战争。倾销、出口补贴、进口资格证、移民方面的措施等,所有这些各种各样的措施都不是正常的经济活动方式,而是扼杀、制服、恐吓德国对手的手段。”
在一段时间内,这些做法是很成功的。如果美国没有对第一次和第二次世界大战进行干预的话,德国很可能会占领欧洲的大部分地区,这在很大程度上是因为德国的工业实力、乃至军事实力比其他欧洲国家强大得多。美国的工业革命直到20世纪初仍在继续,这是因为受到林肯总统在内战期间设立的高关税的保护,但德国的贸易冲击阻止了许多东欧和南欧经济体实现全面工业化,并导致了英国等国家的去工业化。许多国家至今尚未完全恢复。
那个令人忧虑的时期的所有贸易教训如今似乎已被忘记。在美国战后主导地位的辉煌下,美国立法者和商界领袖们接受了自由世界日益富裕的理想化愿景。所有的国家都会接受资本主义,因此会在自身利益的激励下,与美国进行公平自由的贸易,让本国公民变得富有,并且自然而然地走向民主秩序。因为美国的公司如此强大,这被视为扩大美国全球经济领导地位的途径。
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正如我们现在所知,这个愿景从未完全实现。现在是中国正在将其约18万亿美元的经济变成武器,使用各种各样的政策工具扭曲贸易,提高自身的相对经济实力。中国使用的政策工具包括出口融资补贴,据战略与国际研究中心的一项研究,这些政策的总支出在中国GDP中占的比例几乎是美国产业政策支出在GDP中占比的四倍。通过这些手段,中国在电信设备领域取得了全球领先地位,实际上摧毁了北美的电信设备工业。中国在太阳能电池板和商用无人机领域也做到了同样的事,并在高铁和电池等领域接近全球领先地位。
信息技术与创新基金会发现,在包括半导体、机器人、人工智能、量子计算、空间,以及化学制品在内的十个先进行业中,中国正在向全球创新的前沿迈进,这得益于大范围的知识产权盗窃、巨额的政府补贴,以及封闭的国内市场。而在电动汽车和商用核电等一些行业,中国公司目前处于领先地位。
去年,中国安装的工业机器人数量和在建的核电站数量都超过了世界其他国家的总和。在美国国会通过《芯片法案》做出回应之前,中国为半导体行业提供了几乎500亿美元的补贴,以便赶上国际水平。中国寻求让电动汽车和汽油动力汽车大举占领全球市场。中国为半导体行业提供的补贴是美国同类支出的三倍。据咨询公司麦肯锡的一项分析,中国政府在量子技术研发上花的钱比任何其他国家的政府都多出数十亿美元。中国商飞(一家国有企业)生产销售的C919客机有望在今年成为全球最畅销的喷气式飞机之一,进一步加剧了空客和波音的困境。而据我的研究,中国的化学制品产量已达到全球产量的44%。
中国一次又一次地表明,它为了获得影响力不惜赔钱,这样的决定从正常的损益角度来看毫无意义。以LCD和OLED显示器板面行业为例(后者是对智能手机和电视生产至关重要的高清电子屏幕),2023年,中国最大的生产商京东方从政府获得了超过公司利润的补贴(约合5.32亿美元)。这或许可以解释为什么中国供应商能以20至23美元的价格销售智能手机等产品使用的显示器板面,而竞争对手的售价是中国价格的两倍多。这也是为什么中国在2004年时几乎不生产LCD显示器,到2024年,其产量已经占到全球的72%。
美国政策制定者开始觉醒。曾在拜登的白宫国家安全委员会担任中国事务副主任的杜如松(Rush Doshi)给他2021年出版的书取名为《长期博弈——中国取代美国秩序的大战略》(The Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order)。美国参议院小企业和创业委员会的前主席、特朗普的国务卿人选马可·卢比奥在他发布的一份报告中总结,为了主导高价值工业部门,中国正在做比“打破规则”更多的事情。这有助于解释为什么尽管美国的政治高度极化,但国会仍设法通过了《芯片与科学法案》,投资数十亿美元支持美国的新半导体工厂建设。没有什么比令人恐惧的共同敌人更能促进团结。
但这些措施还不够。美国必须在航空航天、生物制药,以及机械制造等其他一系列行业中扩大竞争力,同时在人工智能、量子计算、核聚变等新兴行业中保持领先地位。
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与其全面提高关税,下届政府不如向罗纳德·里根学习,通过谈判,让美元相对于我们贸易伙伴的货币大幅贬值,如果谈判无效的话,财政部应该采取单边措施压低美元的价值。这将让美国的出口产品更便宜,进口产品更贵,而不会有贸易报复的风险。国会还应该修订美国贸易法,例如,在制定补救措施之前,不再要求美国公司提供外国的不公平贸易已对其造成损害的证据。
美国需要与盟国进行更密切的合作,以对抗中国掠夺性的强权贸易做法,包括增加对外援助,帮助发展中国家摆脱对中国的依赖。美国需要利用其吸引全球最优秀人才的优势,让科学家和工程师们在这里工作变得更容易。
美国应该尊重并珍视自由贸易的理想。但这不应让我们无视当今世界已被最大的强权贸易国扭曲的严酷现实。解决方案不是去全球化或贸易保护主义。美国依赖的太多行业,如航空航天、生物制药、软件和半导体,如果没有全球市场就无法蓬勃发展。而美国也不应天真地怀着希望,如果美国结束贸易战,自由贸易依然会盛行。中国在大范围的先进行业占据主导地位之前不会结束本国的强权贸易政策。我们需要了解我们面临的对手,大胆地、有战略地、迅速有效地做出回应。

Robert D. Atkinson是信息技术与创新基金会(Information Technology and Innovation Foundation)的创始人兼总裁,也是《创新经济学:全球优势竞赛》(Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage)和《技术恐惧与替罪羊》(Technology Fears and Scapegoats)等书的作者。

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Violent protests in China after student falls to his death

10 January 2025 at 06:17
BBC A policeman beats a protester with a baton in Pucheng, Shaanxi province in China during large scale demonstrations. Grab from video on XBBC
In one verified video, a policeman is seen beating a protester with a baton

The death of a teenage boy sparked violent protests in a city in north-west China, the BBC has confirmed through verified video.

In the videos shared on social media, protesters can be seen hurling objects at police and officers beating some demonstrators in Pucheng in Shaanxi province.

Authorities said the teenager fell to his death on 2 January in an accident at his school dormitory. But following his death allegations began spreading on social media that there had been a cover-up.

Protests erupted soon after and lasted several days, before they were apparently quelled earlier this week. The BBC has seen no further evidence of protest in Pucheng since then.

Public demonstrations are not uncommon in China, but authorities have been particularly sensitive about them since the 2022 White Paper protests against Covid policies, which saw rare criticism of the Chinese Communist Party and President Xi Jinping.

Protester wiping his bloodied head with tissue paper at Pucheng in China. Grab from video on X
One clip shows a protester wiping blood from his head

State media has been silent on the protests in Pucheng. Any clips or mention of the demonstrations have been largely censored from Chinese social media, as is usually the case for incidents deemed sensitive by authorities.

But several videos have been leaked out of China and posted on X.

The BBC has confirmed these videos were filmed at the Pucheng Vocational Education Centre, and found no earlier versions online prior to the reported outbreak of the protests over the past few days.

When contacted by the BBC, a representative from the publicity department of the Pucheng government denied there had been protests. There was no answer when we rang an official handling media queries.

In a statement released earlier this week, local authorities said that the teenager surnamed Dang was a third-year student at the education centre in Pucheng.

Prior to his death, Dang had been woken up in the night by other students chatting in his dormitory, their statement said. He got into an argument and altercation with a boy, which was resolved by a school official.

Later that night, his body was found by another student at the foot of the dormitory block.

The statement described it as "an accident where a student fell from a height at school". It added that the police had conducted investigations and an autopsy, and "at present exclude it as a criminal case".

But allegations have swirled online for days that there was more to the story and that the school and authorities were hiding the truth. One account claimed, without proof, that Dang killed himself after he was bullied by the boy he'd fought with earlier.

Unverified remarks from his family have been circulating, alleging that the injuries on Dang's body were inconsistent with the authorities' version of events and that they were not allowed to examine his body for long.

The allegations appeared to have incensed many in Pucheng, sparking protests that drew at least hundreds of people.

Bullying has become a highly sensitive topic in China in recent years, with past cases of student deaths triggering protests. Last month, a Chinese court handed out lengthy jail sentences to two teenagers who murdered a classmate.

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Protesters were also seen hurling objects at police officers holding shields

There are also videos posted on X on Monday, which the BBC has confirmed were filmed at the Pucheng Vocational Education Centre, showing people mourning the teenager's death. They placed flowers and offerings at the entrance of the school, and conducted a traditional mourning ritual by throwing pieces of paper from the rooftop of a school building.

Other videos circulating online appear to show demonstrators, many of them young, storming a building and clashing with police while shouting "give us the truth".

One verified clip shows a school official confronted by shouting protesters who shove him around. Others show destroyed offices in the compound, and protesters pushing down a barricade at the school entrance.

Another show protesters hurling objects such as traffic cones at groups of retreating police; and officers tackling and detaining people while beating them with batons. Some protesters are seen with blood on their heads and faces.

There is little information on what happened next, but reports on social media suggest a much larger police presence in Pucheng in recent days with no more reports of demonstrations.

Authorities have also urged the public not to "create rumours, believe in rumours, or spread rumours".

Danes struggle with response to Trump Greenland threat

10 January 2025 at 05:34
Getty Images Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, wearing a dark green textured blazer with gold buttons and a black turtleneck, speaks at a press event. She stands in front of a light blue backdrop featuring the flags of Greenland and the European Union. Her expression is serious as she addresses the audience, with a microphone visible in the foreground.Getty Images
Denmark's prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has been tasked with providing the national response to Trump's threat

Copenhagen's gloomy January weather matches the mood among Denmark's politicians and business leaders.

"We take this situation very, very seriously," said Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen of Donald Trump's threats to acquire Greenland – and punish Denmark with high tariffs if it stands in the way.

But, he added, the government had "no ambition whatsoever to escalate some war of words."

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen downplayed Trump's own suggestion that the US might use military force to seize Greenland. "I don't have the fantasy to imagine that it'll ever get to that," she told Danish TV.

And Lars Sandahl Sorensen, CEO of Danish Industry, also said there was "every reason to stay calm... no-one has any interest in a trade war."

But behind the scenes, hastily organised high-level meetings have been taking place in Copenhagen all week, a reflection of the shock caused by Trump's remarks.

Greenland PM Mute Egede flew in to meet both the prime minister and King Frederik X on Wednesday.

And on Thursday night, party leaders from across the political spectrum gathered for an extraordinary meeting on the crisis with Mette Frederiksen in Denmark's parliament.

Faced with what many in Denmark are calling Trump's "provocation," Frederiksen has broadly attempted to strike a conciliatory tone, repeatedly referring to the US as "Denmark's closest partner".

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Greenland's leader Mute B Egede has met Denmark's leaders on a trip to Copenhagen this week

It was "only natural" that the US was preoccupied by the Arctic and Greenland, she added.

Yet she also said that any decision on Greenland's future should be up to its people alone: "Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders... and it's the Greenlanders themselves who have to define their future."

Her cautious approach is twofold.

On the one hand, Frederiksen is keen to avoid escalating the situation. She's been burned before, in 2019, when Trump cancelled a trip to Denmark after she said his proposal to buy Greenland was "absurd".

"Back then he only had one more year in office, then things went back to normal," veteran political journalist Erik Holstein told the BBC . "But maybe this is the new normal."

But Frederiksen's comments also speak to the Danish resolve not to meddle in the internal affairs of Greenland – an autonomous territory with its own parliament and whose population is increasingly leaning towards independence.

"She should've been much clearer in rejecting the idea," said opposition MP Rasmus Jarlov.

"This level of disrespect from the coming US president towards very, very loyal allies and friends is record-setting," he told the BBC, although he admitted Trump's forcefulness had "surprised everybody."

The conservative MP believed Frederiksen's insistence that "only Greenland... can decide and define Greenland's future" placed too much pressure on the island's inhabitants. "It would've been prudent and clever to stand behind Greenland and just clearly state that Denmark doesn't want [a US takeover]."

AFP An airplane with the name Trump taxis at an airport in GreenlandAFP
Donald Trump Jr flew to Greenland this week to press his father's point

The Greenland question is a delicate one for Denmark, whose prime minister officially apologised only recently for spearheading a 1950s social experiment which saw Inuit children removed from their families to be re-educated as "model Danes".

Last week, Greenland's leader said the territory should free itself from "the shackles of colonialism."

By doing so he tapped into growing nationalist sentiment, fuelled by interest among Greenland's younger generations in the indigenous culture and history of the Inuit.

Most commentators now expect a successful independence referendum in the near future. While for many it would be seen as a victory, it could also usher in a new set of problems, as 60% of Greenland's economy is dependent on Denmark.

An independent Greenland "would need to make choices," said Karsten Honge. The Social Democrat MP now fears his preferred option of a new Commonwealth-style pact "based on equality and democracy" is unlikely to come about.

Map of Greenland

Sitting in his parliamentary office decorated with poems and drawings depicting scenes of Inuit life, Honge said Greenland would need to decide "how much it values independence". It could sever ties with Denmark and turn to the US, Honge said, "but if you treasure independence then that doesn't make sense."

Opposition MP Jarlov argues that while there is no point in forcing Greenland to be part of Denmark, "it is very close to being an independent country already".

Its capital Nuuk is self-governed, but relies on Copenhagen for management of currency, foreign relations and defence - as well as substantial subsidies.

"Greenland today has more independence than Denmark has from the EU," Jarlov added. "So I hope they think things through."

As Mette Frederiksen has the awkward task of responding firmly while not offending Greenland or the US, the staunchest rebuttal to Trump's comments so far has come from outside Denmark.

The principle of the inviolability of borders "applies to every country... no matter whether it's a very small one or a very powerful one," German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned, while French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the EU would not let other nations "attack its sovereign borders".

Their comments gave away the deep concern within the EU about how to handle the upcoming Trump presidency. "This is not just very serious for Greenland and Denmark – it is serious to the whole world and to Europe as a whole," MP Karsten Honge said.

"Imagine a world – which we may be facing in just a few weeks – where international agreements don't exist. That would shake everything up, and Denmark would just be a small part of it."

The Danish trade sector has similarly been engulfed by deep nervousness after Trump said he would "tariff Denmark at a very high level" if it refused to give up Greenland to the US.

A 2024 Danish Industry study showed that Denmark's GDP would fall by three points if the US imposed 10% tariffs on imports from the EU to the US as part of a global trade war.

Singling out Danish products from the influx of EU goods would be near-impossible for the US, and would almost certainly result in retaliatory measures from the EU. But trade industry professionals are taking few chances, and in Denmark as elsewhere on the continent huge amounts of resources are being spent internally to plan for potential outcomes of Donald Trump's second term in the White House.

As his inauguration approaches, Danes are preparing as they can to weather the storm. There is guarded hope that the president-elect could soon shift his focus to grievances towards other EU partners, and that the Greenland question could be temporarily shelved.

But the disquiet brought on by Trump's refusal to rule out military intervention to seize Greenland remains.

Karsten Honge said Denmark would have suffer whatever decision the US takes.

"They just need to send a small battleship to travel down the Greenland coast and send a polite letter to Denmark," he said, only partly in jest.

"The last sentence would be: well, Denmark, what you gonna do about it?

"That's the new reality with regards to Trump."

9/11 guilty pleas delayed after US government objects

10 January 2025 at 09:09
Reuters Aerial photo the prison at Guantanamo Bay shows high fences topped with barbed wire, several cameras on poles and a watch tower. There are trees and brush in the background as well as another fenceReuters

The accused mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks on the US will no longer plead guilty on Friday, after the US government moved to block plea deals reached last year from going ahead.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants reached agreements in July to plead guilty to all charges in exchange for not facing a death penalty trial.

In a filing with a federal appeals court, the justice department argued that the government would be irreparably harmed if the pleas were accepted.

In its decision, the court said it needed more time to weigh the case and put the proceedings on hold. It has not yet ruled on whether Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has the power to walk back the plea deal.

The ruling comes after a military judge and appeals panel rejected a previous move by Austin to revoke the agreements, which had been signed by a senior official he appointed.

Families of some of those killed in the 9/11 attacks had criticised the deals, while others saw them as a way of moving the complex and long-running case forward.

In its filing, the government said going ahead with the deals would mean it was denied the opportunity to "seek capital punishment against three men charged with a heinous act of mass murder that caused the death of thousands of people and shocked the nation and the world".

"A short delay to allow this Court to weigh the merits of the government's request in this momentous case will not materially harm the respondents," it said.

Almost 3,000 people were killed in the 11 September 2001 attacks, when hijackers seized passenger planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon outside of Washington. Another plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers fought back.

The three men have been in US custody for over 20 years and the pre-trial hearings in the case have lasted for more than a decade.

Arguments have focused on whether evidence has been tainted by torture the defendants faced in CIA custody after their arrests.

Getty Images Split headshot photo of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. In one on the right, he is wearing a suit and the left one shows him in a white shirt with his head covered and wearing glassesGetty Images
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged 'ringleader' of the 9/11 plot

Mohammed was subjected to simulated drowning, or "waterboarding", 183 times while held in secret CIA prisons following his arrest in 2003. Other so-called "advanced interrogation techniques" included sleep deprivation and forced nudity.

Several family members of victims had criticised the deal struck last year as being too lenient.

Speaking to the BBC's Today Programme last summer, Terry Strada, whose husband, Tom, died in the attacks, described the deals as "giving the detainees in Guantanamo Bay what they want".

Others said they were disappointed by further delays to the case.

Stephan Gerhardt, whose younger brother Ralph was killed in the attacks, flew to Guantanamo Bay to watch Mohammed plead guilty.

He said that while the deals were "not a victory" for the families, he had accepted them as a way of moving forward.

"It's not the conclusion to this case that anyone wanted… [But] it is time to find a way to close this, to convict these men because they're not getting younger, they're not in great health," he said.

"Let's convict them so they don't die innocent because that would be the bigger moral tragedy that they die innocent and the families don't even have a conviction."

TikTok to make final plea at Supreme Court against US ban

10 January 2025 at 08:12
Reuters A phone displaying the logo of the popular social media platform TikTok is set in front of the American flagReuters
U.S. flag and TikTok logo are seen in this illustration taken January 8, 2025.

TikTok will appear before the US Supreme Court on Friday in a last-ditch effort to overturn a ban, in a case testing the limits of national security and free speech.

The popular social media platform is challenging a law passed last year ordering the firm to be split from its Chinese owner or be blocked from the US by 19 January.

The US government is arguing that without a sale, TikTok could be used by China as a tool for spying and political manipulation.

But TikTok rejects that claim, arguing it has been unfairly targeted and the measure violates the free speech of its some 170 million American users.

Lower courts have sided with the government, but the case was complicated last month when President-elect Donald Trump weighed in on the dispute and asked for the enforcement of the law to be paused to grant him time to work out a deal.

Analysts have said it was not clear what the Supreme Court will decide, but that reversing the prior ruling - even with a future president's blessing - would be unusual.

"When you have a real government interest pitted against a real constitutional value, it ends up being a very close case," said Cardozo School of Law professor Saurabh Vishnubhakat.

"But in such close cases, the government often gets the benefit of the doubt."

A decision by Supreme Court could be made within days.

Congress passed the law against TikTok last year with support from both the Democratic and Republican parties. The moment marked the culmination of years of concern about the wildly popular platform, which is known for its viral videos and traction among young people.

The legislation does not forbid use of the app, but would require tech giants such as Apple and Google to stop offering it and inhibit updates, which analysts suggest would kill it over time.

TikTok is already banned from government devices in many countries, including in the UK. It faces more complete bans in some countries, including India.

The US argues that TikTok is a "grave" threat because the Chinese government could coerce its owner, ByteDance, to turn over user data or manipulate what it shows users to serve Chinese interests.

Last December, a three-judge appeals court decision upheld the law, noting China's record of acting through private companies and saying the measure was justified as "part of a broader effort to counter a well-substantiated national security threat posed" by the country.

TikTok has repeatedly denied any potential influence by the Chinese Communist Party and has said the law violates the First Amendment free speech rights of its users.

It has asked the Supreme Court to strike down the law as unconstitutional, or order its enforcement to be halted to enable a review of the legislation, which it said was based on "inaccurate, flawed and hypothetical information".

Trump is set to take office the day after the law would come into force.

He had called for banning the app in the US during his first term, but changed his tune on the campaign trail.

The brief that Trump's lawyers filed late last month did not take a position on legal dispute, but said the case presented "unprecedented, novel, and difficult tension between free-speech rights on one side, and foreign policy and national-security concerns on the other".

Noting his election win, it said Trump "opposes banning TikTok" and "seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he takes office".

The filing came less than two weeks after Trump met TikTok's boss at Mar-a-Lago.

One of the president-elect's major donors, Jeff Yass of Susequehanna International Group, is a big stakeholder in the company.

However, Trump's nominee to serve as secretary of state, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, is in favour of banning the platform.

Investors who have expressed interest in buying the TikTok include Trump's former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and former LA Dodgers owner Frank McCourt.

Attorney Peter Choharis, who is part of a group that filed its own brief supporting the US government's case, said it was hard to predict what the court - which has a conservative majority - would do, noting that several recent court decisions have overturned longstanding precedent.

But he said even if Trump was granted the opportunity to try to work out a deal, he expected a ban eventually.

"I don't see any president, including future President Trump, being able to resolve this in a way that's satisfactory for US national security because I don't think ByteDance will agree to it," he said.

The prospect of losing TikTok in the US has prompted outcry from many users, some of whom filed their own legal action last year.

In their filing they said the decision that TikTok could be shuttered "because ideas on that platform might persuade Americans of one thing or another - even of something potentially harmful to our democracy - is utterly antithetical to the First Amendment".

Other groups weighing in on the dispute include the American Civil Liberties Union and Freedom of the Press Foundation, which argued that the US had failed to present "credible evidence of ongoing or imminent harm" caused by the social media app.

Mr Choharis said the government had a right to take measures to defend itself, arguing that the fight was not "about speech" or "content" but about the Chinese government's role.

"It's about control and how the Chinese Communist Party specifically, and the Chinese government more generally, pursue strategic aims using many internet firms and especially social media companies - specifically including TikTok," he said.

Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to halt hush-money case sentencing

10 January 2025 at 09:22
Bloomberg Donald Trump arrives on Capitol Hill this week.Bloomberg
Donald Trump at Capitol Hill this week

The US Supreme Court has rejected Trump's last-minute bid to halt his Friday sentencing in his hush-money criminal case.

The president-elect had urged the top court to consider whether he was entitled to an automatic stay of his sentencing, but the justices rejected the application by 5-4.

Trump was found guilty of falsifying records to disguise reimbursements for a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels as legal expenses in 2016.

Justice Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the case, indicated in a recent ruling that he will not consider a jail term for Trump.

Three lower New York courts had rejected Trump's delay attempt before the Supreme Court made a final decision on Thursday evening to let the sentencing proceed as scheduled.

The justices denied Trump's petition because they believed his concerns could be addressed during an appeal.

They also wrote that the burden of attending a sentencing was "insubstantial".

Trump's lawyers had also asked the Supreme Court to consider whether presidents-elect had immunity from criminal prosecution.

Manhattan prosecutors had urged the Supreme Court to reject Trump's petition, arguing there was a "compelling public interest" in holding the sentencing and that there was "no basis for such an intervention".

Following the jury's guilty verdict in May 2024, Trump was intitially set to be sentenced in July, but his lawyers successfully persuaded Justice Merchan to delay the sentencing on three separate occasions.

Last week, Justice Merchan declared the sentencing would move forward on 10 January, just days before Trump is sworn in again as president.

The days since have seen a volley of appeals and court filings from Trump's attorneys, trying to stave off the sentencing.

But in swift succession, New York appeals courts rejected the bids.

Finally on Wednesday, Trump's lawyers petitioned the Supreme Court to intervene.

The court should stay the proceedings "to prevent grave injustice and harm to the institution of the Presidency and the operations of the federal government", they wrote.

The bench's 6-3 conservative majority had handed Trump a major victory last year, when they ruled that US presidents had immunity from criminal prosecution for "official acts" undertaken in office.

That decision gutted a federal prosecution against Trump on charges he illegally interfered in the 2020 election outcome, which he denied and pleaded not guilty.

But since his re-election, Trump's lawyers have tried to persuade a series of judges that those presidential immunity protections should also apply to a president-elect in this Manhattan criminal case.

Manhattan prosecutors argued in their own brief to the Supreme Court that Trump's "extraordinary immunity claim is unsupported by any decision from any court".

"It is axiomatic that there is only one President at a time," the prosecutors wrote.

Separately, a group of former public officials and legal scholars filed an amicus brief - effectively a letter of support - to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to reject Trump's "attempt to avoid accountability".

冰点周刊|外卖的最后十米

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10 January 2025 at 09:39
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标题:外卖的最后十米
作者:焦晶娴
发表日期:2025.1.7
来源:冰点周刊
主题归类:外卖员
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对于外卖骑手来说,和电动车分离后的最后100米,是考验应变能力的一道关卡。一位工龄6年的骑手,在社交媒体平台上总结了不少“痛点”:有的小区必须手写登记,有的小区不让骑手的电动车进,有的老旧小区道路像迷宫一样复杂、还看不清门牌号。

为了节省时间,骑手们只能采用迂回策略,包括但不限于自己办理门禁卡、购买平衡车、跟保安搞好关系等。骑手们碰见不喜欢的送达地,要尽量转单。如果是跑单高峰期,单子基本转不出去,“只能硬跑。”一名骑手对中青报·中青网记者说。

为了化解一些小区管理和骑手的矛盾冲突、便利骑手送货送餐,多地街道社区联合外卖平台和物业公司开展“骑手友好社区”行动。深圳市物业协会副秘书长张红喜认为,解决这些难题,除了纪律和处罚,更要“从人性出发”。

“搞钱要紧”

时间限制和安全管理的矛盾,最直观体现在保安和骑手的冲突上。2024年12月26日中午,记者在北京望京街头目睹了一场纷争。一名物业经理试图拦截一名骑电动车闯入小区禁行区域的骑手,该骑手没有停下,经理上前追赶,两人发生争吵,言语辱骂升级,相互推搡。骑手试图离开,两名保安加入阻止其离开,将电动车推倒在马路中间。不断有骑手路过,没人回头。

“你管得着我吗”,涉事骑手吼着。10分钟后,警察赶到。调解以骑手主动握手言和结束。“没时间搁这儿耗”,离开前骑手对记者说。

不少骑手从群聊里获知了此事,接受采访的骑手分为两派,一派愤愤不平,另一派表示“没必要”,“都是打工挣钱,吵也没用,吵半天超时还是你的(责任)”。有人选择和保安递烟,混个脸熟,碰上好说话的保安就能免去登记。

36岁的众包骑手吴穹是“和平派”,他3年前也当过保安。不管是作为骑手还是保安,他觉得本质“都差不多”。他的话很少,不管顾客和业主怎么骂,他只有一句“好的,马上”。全年除了一个恶意投诉,他一个差评也没有。

“脾气是磨没的”,他回忆自己3年前在江苏昆山当保安,巡逻岗和门岗轮着干,装修扰民找他,邻居鞋架摆放碍事也找他。

当保安那几年,他最大的感受是“规矩死板”,“完全按照规章制度根本没法干”。午餐晚餐高峰期如果对骑手挨个登记,队伍会排到马路上,所以有时不登记他也不阻拦。小区规定骑手不能骑车进入,晚上领导不在,他也会偷偷给骑手开门。江苏离河北老家太远,孩子出生后,他来北京跑外卖。

他和另外4个骑手朋友挤在北京五环外费家村一条小巷尽头的平房里,巷口没有灯,深夜回家要小心坑洼不平的路面。虽然当骑手生活条件没有之前当保安好,吃住还要自己出钱,但他觉得收入比当保安高出不少,尤其节假日爆单的时候。他评价工作的标准只有工资,杯子上印着“人间清醒 搞钱要紧”。

张红喜告诉记者,物业协会调研发现,保安和骑手之间会互相流动,“这两个群体有高度相关性和同质性,而且辞职率都很高”。在采访过程中记者发现,薪酬是大部分人从保安流向骑手的原因。不过也有人因为当骑手时总早出晚归,和家人产生了矛盾,于是转而寻找更“顾家”的工作。

王峰就是为了安全和稳定从骑手转而成为保安的。7年前他还是骑手,一到冬天,手就会冻得僵硬。有次他因为捏不动刹车,径直撞上了马路旁的电线杆。对那时的他来说,时间就是金钱,“上个厕所就不挣钱”。

2024年12月26日的那场纷争发生时,王峰正坐在旁边的保安亭里。“我不能把岗扔了去追他,我拿对讲机说让巡逻岗去找他。”不过王峰也没想到,平时好脾气的经理会这么生气。

王峰一般不会和骑手发生争吵,“干这个(保安)挣不了多少钱,跟你生这个气,没必要”。有次队长让他去帮忙拦人,骑手一着急,电动车从王峰的脚上轧了过去。“都不容易。”最后骑手赔给他一条烟。

另一位在北京望京高档小区工作的保安队长告诉记者,自己大多数时间是理解骑手的。他曾经在国贸的写字楼工作过,大堂禁止外卖骑手入内,“下雨天矛盾冲突最多”,顾客不下来,骑手也没地方避雨,他眼看着雨水顺着骑手的头盔滴下来。他不能让骑手进,就站着陪骑手聊天,“唠着唠着(他们)就不生气了”。

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2024年12月24日,北京融科望京中心楼下,保安斥责骑车闯入的外卖员。焦晶娴/摄

众口难调

张红喜回忆,过去类似矛盾冲突偶有发生,随着新就业群体不断扩大,快递外卖骑手和物业管理人员接触频率不断提升,“虽然(骑手和保安)面对的客户群体一样,但是考核目标不同,由此带来摩擦。”小区业主对小区公共区域具有物权,物业旧有的管理体系和新兴服务场景冲撞,新的规范亟待形成。

“不同小区场景非常多样化,很难有统一的标准,售卖价格、规模体量、业主需求也有所差别。”张红喜说。他们曾经试图推出统一的行业标准,但实际上很难实现。

2024年12月26日那场纷争的当事人、物业经理江文告诉记者,他们负责管理的小区约5万平方米,物业共31人,负责保安保洁、工程绿化、中控、客服等多项工作,“如果送外卖车都进来太乱了,(车)往单元门口随便一放,我们没有这么多人力天天挪车”。有时骑手把电动车停在车库入口,业主回家正巧碰上、进不了门,转头就投诉物业,影响后续物业费收缴。

骑手的流动性为他们的管理增加了不少难度,“(他们)上来就骂保安,我跑了你能上哪儿找我?”江文告诉记者,过去电动车骑手能进小区时,骑手剐蹭了业主的机动车,由于难以追溯责任人,最后由物业负责赔付。于是该小区禁止外卖快递车辆入内。为了增强管理效果,保安换了不少,脾气最冲的保安队长一直留了下来,“好好说根本管不住”。

身份核查问题也是令一些物业公司头疼的问题。北京望京一物业负责人朱国华告诉记者,如果不登记个人信息,发生突发事件,仅通过监控难以获知其真实身份信息。但挨个登记并不容易,他们做过统计,午高峰时段外卖骑手进出人数在100人左右浮动,有的骑手等得着急,曾经和保安发生肢体冲突。

为了从宏观层面解决问题,国内多家公司开始与外卖平台建立行业合作。协会和外卖平台开座谈会时,张红喜和协会下属的物业公司收到了平台反馈的300多个问题清单,其中门禁问题比重最大,骑行路线设计、多层电梯等候时间长、小区内指引标志缺乏等问题也被频繁提到。而物业公司也会向平台反馈业主的投诉,包括电动车乱停放、进小区后行驶车速太快、送餐途中滴汤漏汁等问题。

在几次“头脑风暴”下,会上出现了不少便利骑手的新点子,比如让小区清洁员代为递送,节省骑手时间;让物业公司和骑手互评、设立激励奖金,物业公司和外卖企业共同开发门禁系统等。

2024年10月,北京金地物业和外卖平台合作,骑手可在小区入口扫码一键验证身份,双方从沟通到产品完成只花了20多天。“平台那边开放了认证接口,只需要提供电话号码就能核实骑手身份”,金地物业项目相关负责人介绍。

2024年8月,在北京望京街道,也有一些封闭管理小区推出“速通码”,骑手第一次扫码注册后需要填写真实姓名和电话,之后再次扫码出示可直接进入,省去了纸质登记环节,骑手还能打开小区服务地图查询小区出入口和楼号信息。

望京街道科长康洋告诉记者,目前“速通码”已经能实现扫码后自动打开门禁,还能监控骑手速度,但目前试行社区的业主委员会仍坚决反对骑手电动车进入,“还是众口难调”。还有一些业主仍希望物业留存骑手进出痕迹,定期把速通码收集的数据进行储存。而一些骑手告诉记者,他们对于个人信息的保护也存在担忧。

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2024年12月24日,北京融科橄榄城门口,骑手可扫码登记信息。焦晶娴/摄

张红喜认为,目前骑手通行方案参与者集中在规模较大的物业公司,真正“由点及面”、建立全行业层面的,需要更高的开发成本、行业配合度和数字化水平。此外,目前“骑手友好”相关方案需要社区、业主委员会、物业及骑手代表在内的多方沟通后试行,每一项决议都需要长时间的磨合。

2024年5月,重庆市沙坪坝区成立全国首个“骑手友好街区”,在一些人车分流的小区,骑手步行进入小区需要爬坡上坎、耗时耗力,经多方协商后,物业和业主同意骑手骑车进入地下车库,通过电梯送达业主家门口。但在龙湖拉特芳斯小区,该决议试行一周后,一些业主表示反对,认为存在车速过快、身份核实难等问题,于是又暂时关闭。

龙湖拉特芳斯小区居民代表任飞回忆,很多老年人对于自身安全的担忧比较强烈。通过街道社区和外卖平台多次协调,地下车库重新向骑手开放,佩戴“红岩轻骑兵”标识的骑手优先进入,而日常表现、业务能力、综合素质考核优异的骑手才能成为“红岩轻骑兵”。进入地下车库后,平台要求骑手一致靠右边行驶,看到老年人必须停下。

“我们核心考虑的出发点是业主的诉求”,北京金地物业项目相关负责人告诉记者,在座谈会上,一些业主并不认可关于骑手电动车进入、小门开放数增多的建议,认为平台方对于配送时间负有责任,“他们认为骑手的超时和物业、业主没有什么关系,为了配合你的时效性妥协,谁来为安全负责呢?”

真正的“骑手友好”

针对配送时间的问题,多家外卖平台表示会在兼顾用户体验的同时,给予骑手一定的接单选择权,比如骑手可自行设置“同时接单量”,当骑手不便再接新订单时,发起改派、转单、将接单状态修改为“忙碌”等方式,自主管理当前的接单节奏。骑手选择“小休”后,可以15分钟内不接新单,但有骑手告诉记者,自己不敢“休”太多次,认为“‘小休’影响派单量”。碰上人手不够,有些站长也会拒绝骑手的“小休”申请。

美团相关项目负责人告诉记者,骑手如因小区无法通行、联系不上用户等不可抗力导致超时或差评,可通过客服申诉,核实情况后将为骑手免责。在接受记者采访时,多名骑手表示该功能改善小区进入问题效果不佳,因为“人可以进(电动)车不能进的地方不算无法进入”。

另一方面,采访中一些骑手认为,目前某些小区管理仍存在“一刀切”的问题,把工服脱掉就能骑电动车进入,“但穿脱衣服也浪费时间”,如果碰到系统不定时着装检查、来不及穿上工服,将会面临罚款。

此外,在一些为骑手配备单车或板车的小区,仍存在设备数量较少、没过几天就被撤走的问题。“收集的量没有想象中大,损坏率也比较高”,北京丽都壹号所属社区工作人员曾告诉记者,原先社区鼓励居民自发捐赠旧自行车,但由于使用强度大、3辆自行车损坏多次,“只能不停地修”。一些骑手选择合伙购买自行车,平时上锁停放在小区门口。

目前许多替代措施仍有提升空间,有小区担心骑手使用平衡车进电梯时和居民发生冲撞,选择禁止平衡车进入小区。一名购买平衡车的骑手告诉记者,平衡车的最大承重只有80公斤左右,有时碰上送30公斤以上的桶装水,还需要同时拉上板车。

“小区一直在发生变化”,金地物业项目相关负责人说,物业管理必须适应新的环境。多个小区物业负责人在采访中表示,相比房屋、公用设施等静态“物”,物业工作中对动态“人”的应对更为复杂,更需要灵活变通。张红喜认为,对待新就业群体应当多一些包容,“说白了,这些快递外卖小哥也是我们的访客,我们要解决的是访客如何更快见到业主”。

在很长一段时间里,小区业主对于骑手存在的感知并不强烈。51岁的居民代表任飞印象最深的一幕是在小区门口,一位骑手在38℃的酷暑下,拎着两袋大米,三步并作两步往小区门口20多级台阶上迈,头上汗流不止。

也是在参与建设“骑手友好社区”的座谈会后,她才开始留心观察身边的骑手。中午在小区旁边遛弯的时候,她看到很多骑手在站点扒拉几口外卖就往外跑,心里很不是滋味,“看他们年龄和自己孩子差不多”。她打算下次开座谈会,提议业主一起给骑手买点水果、送点物资。

越来越多小区将“骑手友好”融入日常管理,在拥有接近2000户居民的天通苑中苑第三社区,外卖快递人员出入频繁,2024年8月小区门口新建成骑手驿站,配有微波炉、充电宝、医疗箱等设施,让路过的骑手歇歇脚。天通苑街道工作人员介绍,街道社区还会定期邀请居民和骑手一起参加活动,比如包饺子、大扫除,通常选择耗时短的活动,避开单量多的节假日。有次他们本打算立秋搞活动,骑手反馈没时间,“(他们)说还要送秋天的第一杯奶茶”。

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2024年12月13日,一名外卖员向记者展示“望京骑迹”小程序上的骑手驿站

住在北京费家村的第四年,吴穹第一次过了一个热闹的冬至。听说家旁边的小哥加油站有饺子吃,2024年12月21日晚8点左右,吴穹给顾客送完最后一单饺子,离开望京商圈。身后的高楼和楼身“北京欢迎你”的字样越来越远,各色头盔的骑手逐渐在他身旁汇聚。他们从公路的一处缺口跃入颠簸的土路,尾灯在黑暗中闪烁。

北京市朝阳区崔各庄乡费家村小哥加油站里,端着盘子的骑手从锅边延伸到门外。他取下头盔,头发已经被汗浸湿,手却冻得通红。直到晚上快11点,还有饺子被端上桌。有人边吃边给家人打视频电话,有人吃了一半就出去跑单,跑完再回来接着吃。

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2024年12月21日,北京朝阳区崔各庄乡费家村小哥加油站门口,骑手一起过冬至。

自从当骑手后,因为很少准点吃饭,吴穹的胃一直不太好,他在小哥加油站的药箱里看到了胃药。骑手在路上如果不小心摔倒,工会和街道设立的骑手驿站配有碘伏和纱布,可以用来消毒包扎。

骑手也在用善意回馈社区,一些热心的骑手集合在社区街道组织的微信群中,参与“随手拍”活动,随时上报路上看见的安全隐患,帮行动不便的老人送菜跑腿。在天通苑中苑第三社区,居民邀请骑手站长担任“副楼门长”,负责和居民共同商谈停车棚、充电桩、驿站管理等议题。

“望京小哥大爱志愿服务队”的骨干刘建从2016年就开始在望京跑外卖,街边随手指一栋楼的一个位置,他都能说出路线和大概用时,“对望京比对老家的村儿还熟”。因为天生是个热心肠,他提出了不少方便骑手送餐的建议。平时跑单路上,他也会顺手摆一下共享单车,帮坐轮椅的老人上坡。

有次送单路上,他看见一场车祸,其中一辆车黑烟弥漫。他和另一名热心群众将司机搀扶出来,打完120发现还剩1分钟,赶紧继续送单。后来他骑车带着妻子路过事发现场时,他对妻子说,“看到没,这就是我救人的地儿”。说完这句话,他觉得自己在望京真正留下了足迹。

(文中吴穹、王峰、江文为化名)

红星新闻|演员王星缅甸失联背后:174名被困缅甸的“星星”家人还在苦苦等待

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10 January 2025 at 09:35
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标题:演员王星缅甸失联背后:174名被困缅甸的“星星”家人还在苦苦等待
作者:红星新闻
发表日期:2025.1.8
来源:红星新闻
主题归类:演员王星失联事件
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近日,演员王星于泰缅边界失联引发各界关注,据中国驻泰国大使馆消息,王星已于当地时间7日成功获救。

据央视新闻报道,自2023年9月以来,针对缅北涉我电信网络诈骗犯罪,公安部部署推进边境警务执法合作,开展了一系列行动,截至2024年11月已累计抓获5.3万余名中国籍涉诈犯罪嫌疑人,临近我边境的缅北地区规模化电诈园区全部被铲除。但在缅北当阳、万海,以及本次事件中王星所前往的缅东妙瓦底等地区,仍存在一些小型园区,其中还有部分华人受困。 

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王星在《我哥我嫂》里饰演彭冬青

就在王星获救的这天下午,一个有487人的缅甸被困人员家属互助群内,群主正用在线文档统计被困人员信息,王星获救的信息被转进群里时,有174名家属进行了填写,这份文档最终被取名为“全国174位‘星星’被困缅甸联合求救”。

这些人中,有弟弟、儿子、丈夫、父亲,短则数月,长则几年,家里的父母、兄弟姐妹、妻子儿女,在焦虑、担忧、恐惧和奔忙中数着日子,不敢错过一条信息,不敢漏接一个电话,日以继夜地等待亲人归来。

停滞的生活: 

他唯一的生活重心是找回弟弟

李先生原本要在年底结婚,现在,这个计划无限期搁置了,他的生活重心只有一件,找回弟弟小李。

2024年7月25日,小李从上海浦东机场出发,乘飞机前往西双版纳。监控记录显示,他走出嘎洒机场后打车抵达西双版纳的星光夜市,最终消失在夜市的一条小巷里。7月27日,发现小李失去联系,李先生的父亲立刻动身从上海赶往西双版纳。可还是迟了一步,当他落地时,小李已经离开了国境。

一家人的生活就此被打乱,父亲奔波于西双版纳、景洪、普洱等地,试图寻找任何与小李有关的线索,李先生则在老家、上海之间往返,边协助警方调查,边用快手等平台追踪弟弟最后留下的网络痕迹。

根据小李的关注列表,李先生发现几个讨论“捞偏门”的直播间,他在直播间内联系上了疑似带人出境的“蛇头”,对方邀请他前往国境“背货”,这正是小李失踪前的经历。“后来我弟弟跟我联系,说原本准备去当背包客,背一趟赚个两三万块钱就回来。”

小李遭遇的,是电诈园区最常见的拉人套路。2023年8月18日,红星新闻曾发布报道《网络蛇影:为挣快钱哥哥“应聘”前往缅甸,弟弟为救哥哥又被蛇头骗至电诈园区》,彼时,记者就曾通过互联网平台接触了“蛇头”,“蛇头”所使用的话术正是“走私名表”“背货”。

维系着的谎言:不敢把弟弟失踪的消息告诉爷爷

戴小姐一家,只能维系着谎言。她弟弟小戴失踪后不久,爷爷被诊断出癌症晚期,医生说预期寿命只有一年。“所以我非常希望能把我弟弟找回来,让他们见上最后一面。”戴小姐说,他们不敢把弟弟失踪的消息告诉爷爷。

2024年9月25日,因为吵架好久没和姐姐联系的小戴,突然发来信息要借5000元钱,戴小姐在转账后问弟弟放假回不回家,小戴说要留在杭州工作——这是他失踪前和家人最后的联系。9月30日,小戴从杭州前往西双版纳,随后失联,手机信号最后出现的地点是缅甸佤邦,在追查线索的过程里,戴小姐才发现弟弟可能早已陷入麻烦。

小戴长期在杭州从事健身教练工作,2024年上半年,他突然提出要转行当网红,还去某MCN公司短暂工作过一个月,离开这间MCN回健身房就职后,他偶尔还会和姐姐提起自己的“网红梦”,据戴小姐回忆,那时弟弟“特别想做这种直播行业”。

弟弟失踪后,她才通过小戴的朋友得知,在MCN工作期间,小戴结识了一名女主播,多次进行打赏,还疑似借过网贷。这名朋友告诉戴小姐,该女主播自称拥有多家美容院,在网上寻找支持她的“有缘人”,并鼓动粉丝去贷款打赏,以此向她“证明诚意”。

戴小姐尝试过接触那名女主播,想在对方直播间里提醒其他人,但该主播的直播间已经禁止评论。

同样的歧途:电诈新闻这么多但他们为何还去?

小刘也从未告诉过父亲自己要去哪里“工作”,直到他的求救信被网警发现,派出所联系家属了解情况,刘先生才知道儿子被困在了缅甸。

2024年8月28日,小刘被同乡小穆以介绍工作为由带往边境,随后越境进入缅甸佤邦某深山内,距离怒江二十多公里的某电诈园区。成功发出第一封求助信后,小刘又多次与父亲联系,报平安之余,也传递回所在园区的情况。

小刘见过有人试图向家人求救,被打手拔了十个指甲,他自己也因为“业绩”不好,经常被打,腿和屁股都被打肿了,“坐都坐不下”。这些见闻让刘先生心惊胆颤,唯一值得庆幸的,是儿子计算机专业出身,可以不时报个平安,“他懂现在这些设备,他说聊完的记录能删掉,园区管理也查不着他。”

刘先生从不敢在家属互助群里表现出这点庆幸,绝大多数家庭,孩子能传回消息的频率都很低,还有不少处于长期失联状态。每当有家长在群里说联系不上孩子,刘先生都会沉默,生怕哪句话没说好,“触及到他们的心伤”。

小刘失踪之后,他奶奶、母亲都病倒了,刘先生停下跑车的活计,一边照顾家人,一边为寻找儿子奔波,家里没了收入,还要不断支出医药费、往返老家和云南的路费,以及预备着儿子的“赎金”,桩桩件件都压得他喘不过气。“关键是精神上太那啥了,睡着觉扑通一下就起来,有信息来了你赶紧瞅,‘是不是儿子来信息了’,精神都快崩溃的那种感觉”。

明明电诈新闻层出不穷,为什么自己的家人还是去了缅甸?同样的疑惑,许多家属都有。

一名家属安小姐说,她很清楚自己弟弟跑去缅甸的动机——钱。她们姐弟两生长在单亲家庭,父亲几乎从不管他们,安小姐和弟弟小安在爷爷奶奶庇护下长大。十几岁时,小安就离开了校园,开始打工。

2024年6月,正在上大学的安小姐面临实习和交学费的困境,这之后不久,小安就跟着初中同学跑去了缅甸。安小姐觉得,弟弟是为了帮自己分担压力,才走上歧途。“他出社会的时候只有十几岁,工资达不到他的预期。”

进入园区后,小安才意识到这里与同学许诺的不同,非但没有快钱,还动辄会遭遇电击、殴打。2024年8月19日,他通过同学联系安小姐报平安。同年8月21日,他再次联系姐姐,要姐姐别跟爷爷奶奶说自己失踪的事,9月24日,小安利用“工作机”传回坐标,安小姐才知道弟弟的具体位置随后顺利立案,并由户籍地向云南警方发送协查函。

10月中旬,安小姐生病住院,弟弟打来电话告诉她,那边的人“天天都端着枪”,这之后,小安音讯全无。

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2024年11月17日,763名在缅甸当阳地区实施跨境电信网络诈骗的中国籍犯罪嫌疑人被移交我方

孤单的春节:她赴缅寻兄的小儿子至今未归

在这个400多人的群里,王大姐是等了最久的家属之一,这个单亲母亲,即将迎来第三个孤单的春节。

2023年8月,红星新闻曾经报道过她两个儿子受困缅甸一事,为了赚取母亲的医药费,王大姐的大儿子于2022年7月25日前往缅甸,为了寻找哥哥,小儿子也于2023年初主动接触蛇头,只身前往缅甸。

两个儿子先后失踪,王大姐感觉“天都塌了”。彼时,她因意外摔跌后左肩胛骨骨折、手肘骨裂导致手肘缺血性坏死,并引发骨囊肿而面临截肢风险,身体上忍受着剧烈的疼痛,心理上也终日提心吊胆——大儿子偶尔会偷偷和她联系,说在园区内遭遇毒打虐待,想自杀;小儿子则在2023年5月1日通过一次话后再无消息。

好消息直到2024年10月1日突然传来,那天中午12点左右,王大姐接到普洱市公安局的电话,被告知经过三次身份核验,确认她大儿子已经进入国门,跟随母亲回家休养后,10月31日,王大姐的大儿子前往当地公安机关接受调查,随后以诈骗罪被判处1年零9个月的刑期,考虑到大儿子被打断了四根肋骨,伤势未愈,王大姐在努力为他争取假释。

王大姐的小儿子,至今仍未确定究竟身在何处。2023年10月17日,小儿子偷偷联系王大姐,告诉她自己并不在缅北,而是被困在了妙瓦底地区。这之后,直到2024年7月30日,他才再次通过某支付软件发来消息,告诉母亲自己没事。“他说妈我是安全的,你不用担心我,你照顾好自己,我会回来的。”

专家的建议:“要像禁毒教育一样重视反诈教育”

实际上,近年来随着电诈犯罪团伙在产业形态、技术上的不断迭代升级,国家也在持续加大对网络犯罪相关产业链的整治力度,从源头上、全链条对黑灰产业开展全方位的管控和治理,采取“断卡”行动、网络治理等举措。

但即使反诈工作不断深化,不论力度、频率还是覆盖面都在不断加强,仍有一些年轻人被诱骗,长期研究跨境犯罪的广东警官学院副教授庄华认为,这背后至少有两方面原因:其一,上网人数不断增加,电诈犯罪被害人如同一波波的“韭菜”——割了一茬又一茬;其二,诈骗手法不断更新,总有适应时势的新骗术产生。

庄华认为,除了做好对相关犯罪行为的打击、治理,也需要不断提高年轻群体本身的反诈防范意识,“从个人层面,还是要加强对网络招聘真实性的辨别,尤其对于前往广西、云南等边境地区务工的招聘,或者是某些薪酬水平显著高于正常水平的招聘要高度警惕,有所怀疑的要及时向身边的亲友或警方咨询。”

鉴于当前电诈犯罪形势,庄华认为,反诈教育需要“像当前的禁毒教育一样受到高度重视”。

冷杉RECORD|在梅大高速下跪之后

By: unknown
10 January 2025 at 09:31
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标题:在梅大高速下跪之后
作者:高敏
发表日期:2025.1.8
来源:冷杉RECORD
主题归类:梅大高速塌方事故
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黄建度又做噩梦了。梦里,车子像是被无形的巨大磁铁吸引,一辆接一辆掉进后方深坑。深坑张开嘴巴,贪婪地吞噬着过往车辆。车身碰撞声和人们求救的呼喊声,交杂在雨夜里。

他惊醒,从床上跳起,发现是在做梦,这个64岁的老人忍不住开始啜泣。

梦里的场景在大半年前真实发生在他眼前。2024年5月1日凌晨2点10分左右,广东梅大高速茶阳路段路面塌陷,23辆车陷落进塌陷的坑中。据官方数字,塌方造成48人死亡,30人受伤。彼时,黄建度正坐在女婿开的车上,一家7口从深圳龙岗驶向梅州。他们是冲过塌方路段的最后一辆车。惊醒下车后,黄建度一家往回赶,举起手电筒向后面的车辆挥手示停,但仍有车辆坠入坑里。见状,老人一路小跑,跨过高速路护栏,跪在塌方地段数十米外的路上,用一个最古老也最有效的方法拦下了后方车辆。

这一跪让黄建度一度成了网络热议的英雄。大量媒体登门采访,家乡人拿着花和锦旗夹道迎接,书记打电话请他在乡亲们面前受表彰。接下来,还有人劝他抓住流量做直播、带货,但他和家人通通都婉拒了。

如今流量退去,梅大高速路面塌方灾害也迅速被新的热点所取代,黄建度的生活逐渐回归平静。他每天的时间表围着孙子孙女转——每天早上7点,开十几分钟电瓶车把孩子们送到学校后,顺路买菜回家,再跟妻子在附近散一个多小时步,有时在公园,有时在路边。最近深圳气温在20度左右,不冷不热,是最舒服的时候,他享受现在的平静时光。

大半年后,黄建度和家人都很默契地不再提起5月发生的事,但每次被问起,他还是会啜泣,他回答每一个人,“如果是你,你也会那么做”。在他淳朴的认知里,没什么英雄主义,这只是普通人所能做出的最自然的反应。至于“下跪拦车”,则是他,一个60多岁的老人唯一能做的事,“如果没有去拦车,我到死都不会原谅自己。”

以下是我们与黄建度的对话:

改变

冷杉RECORD:那之后,您有关注过梅大高速后续的调查和处理结果吗?

黄建度**:**没有。那件事后,我回到大埔(梅州市大埔县),有很多朋友送红色的鸡蛋给我压惊,说我大难不死,祝我以后平平安安,这是我们农村的风俗。我没有去想太多自己救人的事,我就觉得我们一家人能回来,是很幸运的。

后来那些新闻我就自己看,一般也不和别人聊,也不四处打听。这是政府部门的事情,我一个平民百姓,新闻怎么说就是什么样。

冷杉RECORD:您之前说过“如果是你,当时也肯定会那么做”,为什么这么说?

黄建度:如果当时我没去阻止,心理上会有阴影。其实这件事到现在过去大半年了,你刚刚问我的时候,我的眼泪又掉下来了。

我是亲眼看到那个场景的,但我就是一个六十多岁的老人,就算想要下去救人、拉他们上来,其实也无能为力,唯一的办法就是去拦剩下的车。这是没办法的办法。后来我女儿说,“如果你死了我怎么办,我怎么对得住我妈?”我想到这个也没法说话(啜泣),没办法说。

但如果没有去拦住后面的车,我到死都不会原谅自己。生命是很珍贵的。

冷杉RECORD:被媒体当作“英雄”报道后,您的生活有什么改变吗?

黄建度:刚开始很多人找我,给我打电话,也有很久没联系的老同学来加微信。那一阵我微信加了几十人,大家会聊当时的情况,也会说我们一家人很幸运,大难不死。现在过去这么久了,大家也都淡忘掉了。

后来我女儿告诉我,有人找来,说想让我们去直播。但我们不想参与这些,孩子都有自己的工作和事业,我一把年纪了,要接送自己的孙子孙女上学,我们不搞(这些事)。

经历过这件事后,我就觉得人真的很渺小,人的生命那么脆弱。以前我性子很急的,现在也都看开了,不再同人家争什么长短了,我就过好自己的生活。

对我来说最重要的是家人,我们一家比以前更亲近了。之前很少有一家人坐在一起聊天的时候,我们老人没事就自己在房间里玩手机,年轻人有时候要加班,不回来吃饭,回来了也是教小孩读书。现在我们每隔一段时间,会特意找机会坐在一起,喝喝茶、聊聊天。我们更珍惜和家人相处的时间了。

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黄建度回乡后受到热烈欢迎

冷杉RECORD:对2024年进行复盘时,这件事又重新被媒体提起。我们注意到,您入选了2024年第三季度“中国好人榜”。这些对您有影响吗?您有去领奖吗?

黄建度:还没去领奖。事情过去那么长时间了,这是很平凡的事,我也没什么了不起的,平平淡淡就好了。

我们老家风俗,每年冬至前几天都要回去祭拜祖宗。我前几天回去了一趟,村里送了锦旗给我,我说都过去六七个月了,不用搞这个,搞一面锦旗也要100来块钱,村里本来就说没钱,还搞这个,没什么意思。

回忆

冷杉RECORD:您还经常会想起当时的场景吗?

黄建度**:**会。当时“五一”放假,我两公婆和女儿女婿一家7个人,从深圳龙岗到女儿的婆家大埔去团聚,我好几年没见亲家了。

那时候广东下了半个月左右的雨,当时是我女婿开车,他发现前面黑麻麻的一片,好像是积水,就马上打方向盘,加大油门想冲过去。他猛打方向盘时,撞到了路中间的护栏,我们都被震醒了,感觉车飘了起来,最后车冲出去100米左右才停下来。

醒来后,我马上说女婿,你怎么开车的?困了就要休息。他说不是,然后就下去检查车子的状况。当时我们发现右侧前后轮子都烂掉了,连轮毂都烂了。

我们走不了,停在路中间,后面也没有车子再开过来。这时我们才发现后面塌方了,车子一辆接一辆掉下去。我们就打开手机的手电筒,边晃边向对面喊,想让他们停下来不要继续开了,但根本没人听得到。我们眼看着一辆辆的车继续掉进塌方的坑里。

当时上面的车压着下面的车,还燃起了一小片火,能很清晰地听到车子砸在车子上的声音,很多人喊“救命”的声音。我这辈子都没见过这么恐怖的场景。掉下去的车上都基本是一家人,大家赶着假期回家团聚,我后来听说,有人是要回家结婚,有人要回去生小孩。

后来还有一个人抱着小孩从坑里爬上来。当时下着毛毛雨,我外孙和外孙女一个把校服脱下给他们,另一个帮忙举伞挡雨,把他们送上救护车后,我们一家人也就离开了。

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2024年5月1日,梅大高速救援现场

冷杉RECORD:您当时怎么想到下跪拦车的?

黄建度:下面很多人发出“救命”的呼喊,可我们再怎么冲着对面喊也无济于事,我心里很难受。没办法了,我就从护栏翻过去,逆行着走去那边的高速路。

最开始,我跑到路中间想要拦车。一辆车开过来,司机应该看到了我,可能以为我是碰瓷的,根本没停,只是速度减慢了一点。我看他没有要停下的意思,就跪了下去。

“你不要命了?”司机踩完刹车后,在车上冲我喊。我说无所谓,你自己下来看一下。他下来看到前面的大坑,回来跟我说,“谢谢你救了我们一家人的命”。

我当时就想着,如果他停车,车上的人就能活下来;如果不停,我被他撞死了,他一家人也会死,后面还要死多少人就是未知数了。虽然在高速上逆行很危险,但那么多车掉下去,很恐怖的,我根本没想那么多。

碰到这件事,每个人都会这样做的。如果换你,你也会这样做。

冷杉RECORD:第一辆车拦下之后,后面的车也接着都停下来了吗?

黄建度:路是双车道。我以为第一辆车停下来后,其他车看到了也会停,但右边的车道有两辆车继续往前开,又掉下去了。于是我又走到右边,拦停了一辆车,司机下车后才发现危险,给我跪下了,说谢谢我救了他一家人的命。他那部车里有5个人,五一假期的高速路上,基本都是一家人出行。

这辆车停下来后,后面的车就都跟着停了。

冷杉RECORD:家人当时有没有阻止您?

黄建度:我女儿和老婆都阻止我过去。女儿说,“万一被车撞了,我怎么办?”我根本没有听,当时几分钟就掉一两辆车下去,有时一秒钟就掉两三辆,我觉得我一秒钟都等不下去。

我们农村人相信命运。既然我们是最后一辆逃过塌方的车,车轮又烂掉走不了,我认为这是上天安排的,既然上天救了我,我又走不了,那我也要去救人。

冷杉RECORD:在那之后也有人提到,是不是可以有更周全的做法,比如用工具,站路边或者开车灯。当时就没有更好的办法了吗?您不担心自己有危险吗?

黄建度:没别的办法。我从来没有经历过这么可怕的事情,如果当时没有过去拦他们,我更加忘不了,我一生都会恨自己。

我亲家母后来说她也后悔,想想其实可以我们一家5个大人手牵手过去拦,这样也许掉下去的车会少很多。但当时快车道上车开得很快,这样做肯定都会被撞死,最好还是我一个人去。我都六十几岁了,我一个人死了,没什么。

冷杉RECORD:你们是怎么离开梅大高速的?

黄建度:我亲家母和我外孙女、外孙三个人被交警的车接到高速收费站,我和我老婆、女儿走路过去,一直从凌晨3点走到太阳升起,又困又饿,差点没力气走出去。我女婿在事发点一直等到车被拖走才离开。有亲戚在收费站等我们,接我们一家离开。

“说些开心的事吧”

冷杉RECORD:现在都没法轻易提起当时的事?

黄建度:有些很久没见的朋友到我家里时,会问起这件事。我都说,不要说这个事情,过去了就不要说,一说我就没办法,忍不住(哭)。我跟家人也很默契,谁都不提,过去的就想让它过去。

过去几个月,我还梦到过当时的场景。整个5月,我一直做噩梦,会突然从床上跳起来,然后开始哭,我老婆安慰说,没事,都会过去,真的会过去。

冷杉RECORD:您想要忘记这件事。

黄建度:忘不了。想忘但是忘不了,真的。一生都忘不了。

我活了60多岁了,第一次遇到这样的事。在这之前,我就是梅州丰顺一个村民,来深圳快20年了,没什么文化,跟朋友打过很多年零工,什么都干过——在工地做建筑,也搬东西,之前还在珠海卖过菜,去东莞做过小买卖,开杂货店。

50多岁以后,没什么工作机会给我做了,我就开始帮着儿女带孩子,接送孙辈就是我每天最主要的事。

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黄建度和家人

冷杉RECORD:您跟当时的亲历者后来还有联系吗?

黄建度:2024年5月8号左右,央视来深圳龙岗我女儿家采访我的时候,有一个叫蔡炫达的年轻人也来了。他是被我拦下的车主之一,福建漳州人。被拦下的时候他一个人在车上,赶回家给父亲过生日。他被拦住后,也下车去了,救下了4个人。那天,他们一家四口过来感谢我。

大概一个多月后,一个潮州的江先生也来了我家,送了我一面锦旗。他的车是跟在后面,被前面的车逼停的。之后的中秋节,他也来过我家送礼物。

但我都不跟他们聊当时的事,有人提起,我会说不要聊了,说些开心的事吧。蔡炫达会同我说,他原来在广州做生意,现在回福建做电商了,我就问生意好不好;江先生做采购的,现在还是单身,我就问问他有没有女朋友。

冷杉RECORD:之后的大半年又走过梅大高速吗?

黄建度:没有去过了。之前参加见义勇为表彰会是在大埔开,别人载我去的,没经过那条路。如果是我自己开车,也可以去看下。不过后来我看到过亲戚发来的图片,(梅大高速)路已经搞得很漂亮了,完全看不出塌方的地方在哪里。

冷杉RECORD:2024年对您而言,最重要的时刻或者说最值得被记住的瞬间是什么?

黄建度:梅大高速那件事,不能说是最重要的,但是我最忘不掉的。

冷杉RECORD:这一年有什么让您遗憾的事吗?

黄建度:没有。

冷杉RECORD:2025年有什么最想要实现的愿望?

黄建度:希望我们中国越来越好,各行各业都能越来越好。 

我个人的话,就是平平安安过好每一天,一家人和和睦睦过日子就可以了。没经历那件事,我也是这么想的,我们就是平民百姓。

风声OPINION|演员王星被救了,犯罪团伙怎么处理?

By: unknown
10 January 2025 at 09:25
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标题:演员王星被救了,犯罪团伙怎么处理?
作者:陈碧
发表日期:2025.1.9
来源:风声OPINION
主题归类:演员王星失联事件
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近日,演员王星疑似遭遇电信诈骗,于泰缅边界失联,引发各界关注。据中国驻泰国大使馆消息,王星已于当地时间7日成功获救。

据王星的描述,他被骗至缅甸后,已经接受了两三天的诈骗培训。这与电影《孤注一掷》中的情节颇为相似。在影片中,张艺兴扮演的程序员潘生和金晨扮演的模特安娜等人,被海外高薪招聘所吸引出国淘金,却意外落入缅北诈骗工厂的陷阱。

2023年8月这部电影热映之后,反电诈的相关话题屡上热搜,“缅北”令人色变。此后,中缅警方联手合作,打掉了临近我国边境的规模化电诈园区,臭名昭著的缅北果敢“四大家族”之一的明家犯罪集团彻底覆灭。

但,电诈犯罪就此消灭了吗?王星案让我们再次关注缅北电诈:它并没有被消灭,而是在围剿中进化了,以更无耻的方式继续肆虐。这是魔高一尺,还是人性的弱点?无论答案如何,都对我国的电诈犯罪预防提出了更高的要求。

是电信诈骗,还是人口贩卖?

在各种反电诈宣传中,缅北是一个黑暗的所在,它纵容跨境电信网络犯罪,是一个不折不扣的法治洼地。

因我国国内对电信诈骗的打击力度加大,电诈团伙纷纷出境寻找落脚点,从欧美、日韩、非洲转移到东南亚。随着我国与各国签订国际刑事司法合作条约并通力合作,电诈团伙不得不最终选择缅北落脚。因为缅北长期处于少数民族武装割据自治的状态,对走私、毒品交易、赌博、人口买卖持纵容态度,一旦电诈团伙和当地自治武装力量在利益上达成一致,就连缅甸政府都难以介入。因此,不管是想打击犯罪,还是解救被害人,都存在相当难度。

根据王星描述,他在缅甸的培训内容以文字诈骗为主,尚未涉及语音呼叫类或电话对话等诈骗培训。如果不是幸运获救,他很有可能被输送给某个电诈园。如果业绩不好,还可能被继续转卖,最终要么沦为电诈的工具,要么家属缴纳赎金赎身换命。

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这是电信诈骗,还是人口贩卖?实则兼而有之。2023年6月7日,国际刑警组织曾公布了一份关于人口贩卖的研究报告,提醒各国警惕由电信诈骗引起的人口贩卖。报告指出,犯罪组织经常在社交媒体和招聘网站等平台发布高薪工作机会的广告。受害者一旦上钩,就会被绑架到条件恶劣的场所,被迫实施“恋爱杀猪盘”、加密货币或炒股开户等电诈活动。

结合上述研究报告和王星案,未来打击人口贩卖与电信诈骗的工作形势仍然严峻。最近两年,很多人迫切需要工作机会,受害者的学历层次和教育水平也越来越高,中招的受害者里不乏年轻高学历的精英,甚至连演艺明星也可能成为电诈和人口贩卖的牺牲品。

中国刑法能否追究海外犯罪团伙?

针对王星的电信诈骗,我国《刑法》是否有管辖权呢?根据《刑法》第八条的规定,外国人在中华人民共和国领域外对中华人民共和国国家或者公民犯罪,而按本法规定的最低刑为三年以上有期徒刑的,可以适用本法;但是,按照犯罪地的法律不受处罚的除外。

从法条上看,我国《刑法》显然是有管辖权的;但是,要实际行使存在着一定的困难。

任何国家不论大小,都拥有主权,一国警察不能进入他国逮捕犯罪嫌疑人或者进行搜查、扣押等强制措施。所以,如果没有引渡,或者没有在我国领域内被抓获,就无法对其进行刑事追究。

为了解决这个问题,国家间开展刑事司法协助就成为有效打击跨境犯罪的重要手段。截至目前,我国与越南、泰国、菲律宾、印度尼西亚、老挝等国家都签署了刑事司法协助条约。

在王星案中,也能看到中泰的合作。王星失联后,其女友迅速向相关部门报告。中泰两国执法部门立即启动联合调查,通过追踪线索,最终锁定了王星的位置。据报道,在救援王星时,情况比较凶险,执法人员选择与缅甸当地人密切合作。在他们的中间协调沟通下,最终帮王星成功脱险。

从报道透露的信息,这并不是常见的公开行动,而是特例,是在泰国总理佩通坦·钦那瓦的指示下的特别营救。王星是幸运的,但还有多少“星星”在缅甸的黑牢里,他们何时能回家?

据悉,救援团队当时锁定了两处关押场所,并于第一处发现10名中国公民,于第二处发现50名中国公民。王星的成功营救,也给了这些被害家庭希望。不管是官方的刑事司法协助,还是地方势力的斡旋,我国政府应该继续施加影响,解救落入电诈团伙手中的中国公民。

手段越发高明,如何才能预防?

在网上评论中,有人问:为什么反电诈反了那么久,还有人上当?是不是自己的错?观察王星案,电诈的口径和手段又进化了,欺骗性更强,隐蔽性更高了,以高薪工作为诱饵,以东南亚国家转机为借口,令人防不胜防。

以往电诈案的受害人,都会提到一个情节:他们感觉有点异常,但又被对方打消了警惕心,一步步落入圈套。最容易令人放松警惕的,当然是老乡、熟人的欺骗。网传一位电视台主持人被骗缅北,就是上了同乡的当。

如果是陌生人,他们会根据剧本对被害人进行三个阶段的心理控制:情境诱导、洗脑重构和消除阻抗。在不同阶段会采取不同的策略,一步步获得被害人的信任,进而按照他们的指令行事。解决行骗过程中受害人的阻抗,是电诈团伙的核心技术。

传统的诱骗方式用滥了,人们有了防范之心后,电诈团伙的拉人口径有了变化。王星是被泰国著名娱乐公司的头衔所欺骗的,而网上披露的其他受骗口径,还有参与水货走私、东南亚赌场当服务员等诱饵。其实,骗子的逻辑是一致的:用你很难拒绝的机会引诱你,这个机会可能是工作、赚钱、出名等等,你就心甘情愿地交出护照、走出国门、落入圈套。

在《孤注一掷》的片尾,反电诈宣传的现场出现了一个神秘人,暗示犯罪还未停止,他们还在窥视目标,这意味着反电诈的路还很漫长。确实,不管我们的反诈工作如何深化,不论力度、频率还是覆盖面如何加强,仍有人被骗。

一月七日,中国广播电视社会组织联合会演员委员会官方微信公众号发文称,“近期,我会关注到有多名演员被疑似诈骗组织以拍摄影视剧等工作为由骗至境外,人身和财产安全受到极大损害。我会郑重提示,演员及经纪公司在进行跨境工作之前应谨慎鉴别邀约方身份和工作性质,建议在签署工作合同之前向有关单位核实,我会也可协助会员进行咨询。”也许在演艺界,王星案也并非个案。

最后的话题,仍然要回到预防。2022年12月,我国正式实施的《反电信网络诈骗法》指出,电诈是可以预防的犯罪,只要被害人随时中断和犯罪嫌疑人的通讯联系,就不会被骗或者被骗后就能及时止损,因此明确将预防作为立法宗旨。上述演员委员会的公众号提示,也是以事先核实、确认进行预防的角度。

实际上,宣传预防并加强社会综合治理,就是对抗电诈中的魔高一尺和人性弱点的办法。那么阅读本文,也希望能够起到一点示警的效果:坏人收割韭菜的办法常新,善良的人也必须谨记防火防盗防电诈。当然,我国政府也应该持续关注那些身在海外或被骗至海外的国人安全,继续解救其他尚未脱险的中国公民。希望困在缅甸的“星星”们早日归来。

三表龙门阵|王星被解救,但常识仍困在牢笼

By: unknown
10 January 2025 at 09:23
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标题:王星被解救,但常识仍困在牢笼
作者:三表龙门阵
发表日期:2025.1.8
来源:三表龙门阵
主题归类:演员王星失联事件
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哦,这他妈真是糟透了。

王星被解救成功之后,没有一篇报道告诉大众一个知识点——去国外工作是要办工作签证的。

我的意思是——我作为一个职业脱口秀演员,去到泰国无上装酒吧进行表演,需要当地雇主帮我办理工作签证,那样才能合理合法的开展工作。

如果我只是过去游玩,两杯小酒一喝,当地粉丝一起哄,就上去来了一段,还收了钱,那完蛋了,我打黑工了。

严格来讲,你带商业团队去国外拍婚纱照,光有旅游签都是不行的。

我严重怀疑 99% 的国人不知道这个知识点,因为太多人这辈子都没摸过护照。

那么,媒体只用告诉民众一点就行——泰国是人间炼狱。

因为简单粗暴最经济,效果最好。

好比,小时候,爸妈说——撒谎的孩子,鼻子会变长哦。林宥嘉更残暴——撒谎的人要吞一千根针哦。

不普及常识,只恐吓,只夸大,把成年人当巨婴,就好管理。

如果你是个正常进行生产生活的人,就会感觉到咱们现在的防诈手段,真的是严防死守。

这会导致一个结果——把所有人当成孩子,一个智识和常识兼具的人,会遇到莫名其妙的「过载保护」。好比,你已经长大了,爸妈还会跟你唠叨,晚上别喝太多水啦,会尿床。

这里就不展开讲了,懂的都懂。

还有一点,请听题:

除开高精尖领域,是什么国家非得聘请中国人不远万里来打工呢?当地劳动力不够便宜吗?还存在语言不通、吃喝拉撒等诸多现实困难。你觉得泰国的餐馆雇一个中国人刷盘子,是图你会龙拳还一身正气吗?

说白了,很多国人也知道过去是捞偏门的,走歪路的,什么成分,还用说吗?

而我们的媒体在报道这类事件时,那些利欲熏心、挺身走险的国人把自己包装成人畜无害、单纯善良小白兔的故事,他们也照单全收。

最终的导向就是——东南亚人坏啊,咱们老百姓还是太老实了。

可结果是什么呢?

中国人骗中国人再骗中国人。

所以王星这个事啊,不要渲染什么舆论助力,演员守望相助,家有贤女友,祖国也强大。

丧事喜办最要不得。

就老老实实普及一个常识——出国工作,请对方提供正规工作签证,签订合同。

即使饿急眼了,没活了,也不要忽视这个流程。

当然了,我不会跟大家说——去泰国旅游没问题。

因为有些被猪油蒙了心的读者啊,着了道了,回头再怪罪我。

真犯不上。

就叫熊太行也行|记者同志给感冒的群众指明了方向

By: unknown
10 January 2025 at 09:20
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标题:记者同志给感冒的群众指明了方向
作者:就叫熊太行也行
发表日期:2025.1.8
来源:就叫熊太行也行
主题归类:中医爱国
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昨天看到一个令人震惊的报道。

杭州某报记者去药店采访,说好多人得了流感,问买不到玛巴洛沙韦怎么办。

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我们知道,这几年的记者同志跟前些年的不一样。

前十几二十年的记者同志,遇到事情就希望官员反思,希望那些单位纠正工作中的错误。

这些年的记者同志,主要就是批评老百姓,指责他们太愚昧。

比如像这篇报道,中心思想就是:

有的群众比较愚昧,瞎用药,还买西药、买抗病毒药,根本不知道对症不对症,就跑到药房去买玛巴洛沙韦。

然后记者同志就通过采访药店店员给大家的余生指明了方向。

“不要乱吃西药,吃中成药,比如四季抗病毒合剂,吃VC就行。”

去过药店的朋友们都知道,药店店员有个特点:文化不高,胆子贼拉大。

你别管得什么病,她都能把滞销的、提成高的药物卖给你,还敢搭保健品一起卖。

群众遇事就上抗病毒药的做法当然不对,但是记者同志采访药店营业员,更是问道于文盲的表现。

她是卖药的,你问她买不到玛巴洛沙韦怎么办,她必然给你推荐别的药。

你要是采访医院对面殡仪用品店老板的话,老板肯定会说:“您买个匣子吧,红木的,原价9999,满减5980还送一套七件套绣着龙的棉袄,穿着走七年内不用送寒衣,这辈子呀,再也不需要买药了。”

这就叫卖什么吆喝什么,采访利益相关的人,要特别谨慎。

如果要批评有些人乱用药,那就应该找个正规三甲医院的医生,讲讲乱用抗病毒药的危害。

如果记者同志不明白为什么有人瞎买抗病毒药,那就去发热门诊看看门口排的大队,看看板凳上、地板上呻吟着等待医生的患者,看看不得休息的医生,你就明白为什么大家有时候宁愿绕开医生,溜到药店去赌不对症的药了。

你看不到真实的苦难,又找到利益相关者没有行医资质的人,随意地给这些处于病痛中的人愚蠢的建议,甚至直接推荐某个药名。

我认为,至少是轻佻,往重里说,这算非法行医

记者敢采访药店营业员写稿。

编辑就真敢发。

总编辑就真敢过。

为什么他敢这么推荐药啊?

因为这几年,推荐中成药是没有任何后果的,像四季抗病毒合剂的说明书这么写着:

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明明都是尚不明确,但是,他们就敢听任营业员这么推。

推荐中成药在这几年变成了一种正确,中成药变成了忠诚药。

只要他们推中成药,就绝对不会受到任何指责,任何处罚。

这不对。

U.S. Court Halts Guilty Plea Hearing for Accused 9/11 Mastermind

10 January 2025 at 09:50
A three-judge appeals panel will decide whether the plea deal Khalid Shaikh Mohammed reached to avoid a death-penalty trial remains valid.

© Marisa Schwartz Taylor/The New York Times

The Camp Justice sign at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Relatives of Sept. 11 victims had been taken to the naval base to observe the plea hearing that had been set for Friday.

发现台湾:来台德国学生增加 最担心的非两岸冲突

10 January 2025 at 10:17
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德国在台学生增加速度高于国际学生平均增幅(图为台大校园)

(德国之声中文网)娜婷·劳宾格(Nadine Laubinger)来自德国,在国立台湾大学读国际企业管理已经快一个学期了。

在台大校园一角的“农场咖啡”,她向DW记者讲述了自己如何来到台湾。娜婷在德国的本科专业是现代东亚研究,外文主修中文。台北原本是她的“第二”选择,因为新冠疫情的关系无法去中国大陆,于是来到台湾。“最初来这里学习中文,非常喜欢台湾,所以决定在这里读硕士,同时也能继续学好中文,力求达到流利的水平。”

疫情之后,因各种原因改变了到中国留学计划的部分德国学生,选择了到台湾求学。不过在此之前,台湾对国际学生的吸引力也已明显增加。

根据德国国际学术交流中心(DAAD)统计数据,2023/24学年在台湾的德国学生有1421人。其中略高于一半是来台学习中文,仅有10%的在攻读学位,其余的是交换生。与之比较,2016年德国在台学生有1119人。

德国在台学生增加速度高于国际学生平均增幅(图为台大校园)

根据DAAD北京办事处从中国教育部获得的数据,2022年在中国大陆的德国留学生有1787人。

德国在台生数量快速增加

DAAD台北办公室的主任董佩兰介绍说,去年台湾国际学生的年增率约为9.4%,而德国学生的增幅则有12.2%,大大高于平均。她认为德国学生喜欢台湾有很多的理由:

“例如说这边的社会是比较开放的,学术是自由的。相对而言,这边的生活品质也是挺高的,跟德国相较,台湾的生活费用是比较低的,生活便利性等方面也是他们所喜欢的。”

另一个变化是,来台湾的德国学生以往念汉学和工商管理的占多数,但近来尤其在交换学生中,有理工科背景的越来越多了。董佩兰分析,这与台湾半导体行业在国际的曝光度提高有关。“台积电在德国设厂,台湾的知名度越来越高,理工科方面的学生,愿意来台湾做交换或实习的比例就增加了。”

即将开始在台大转攻政治学硕士的娜婷告诉德国之声,这里的德国学生读学位的不多,但交换生很多。她注意到很多交换生读的是国际关系,“我想中国和台湾之间的紧张关系现在是一个关注的焦点,另外一些人就是想来亚洲做交换,而台湾是一个不错的选项。”

性价比高的生活品质

娜婷这样解释台湾对很多德国人有吸引力的地方:“因为这里气候温暖,而且在岛上可以做很多事情,户外运动比如徒步旅行、冲浪,潜水,很多学生会喜欢。而且很多台湾人讲英语,不会有太大的语言障碍。”

和大部分国际学生一样,娜婷十分享受台湾的舒适度。“在这里你完全不需要自己煮饭”,街头美食的价廉物美和随时可得,是很多德国人无法想象的。丰富的文化和社团活动,也让外国学生有认识当地社会、结交朋友的机会。

外国学生享受台湾的开放社会和便利生活

谈到来台之前的考虑和担心,娜婷说:“我之前有点担心,这里学习会不会很难,因为听说在亚洲文化中,你必须非常刻苦。但开始之后发现并不是那么难,甚至比在德国要容易。一般来说在台湾进大学比较难,不过上课不会很难,在德国是反过来。”

而地缘政治的紧张和台海安全形势,并没有影响这位德国女生的选择。“我的朋友大多更担心遇到地震,而不是跟中国有关的政治安全形势变化。”

多元文化的魅力

董佩兰认为,台湾另一个比较特殊的地方,就是它的文化多元性,“因为它也融合了中国的、日本的 、当地的,所以对那些对这种多元文化有兴趣的德国学生来讲,也相当有吸引力。”

娜婷个人觉得,“台湾人非常友善,非常热心,乐于帮助人。在这里我也感觉很安全。我的台湾同学比较害羞,但通常如果你先跟他们交谈,他们也很喜欢跟你讲话,他们也很有兴趣认识外国人。我觉得,作为一个初来乍到的国际学生,在这里结识新朋友比在德国要容易。”

来自德国的娜婷在台湾读政治学硕士

她的印象是,台湾希望吸引更多的国际学生。“或许也是因为他们没有正式的外交关系管道,所以想通过国际学生扩大交往。台湾为国际学生提供很多奖学金,比如学习一年华语的奖学金,包括了基本的生活费,是很不错的。”

读书、工作?

据董佩兰介绍,台湾的教育部、国科委等政府部门,还有DAAD这样的机构“都有一些合作计划、提供一些奖学金,吸引他们过來”。另外,德国跟台湾大学之间的交換和合作也很密切,而且这种交流“增加非常快”。

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德国国际学术交流中心每年组织在台湾的奖学金生交流聚会,听取他们的感受和经验。董佩兰表示,绝大多数学生的反馈都比较积极和满意。也有一些因此计划读完课程后在台湾找工作。

台湾的多元文化也吸引了许多国家的年轻人

娜婷也有这样的打算,她希望在读完硕士后能留在台湾工作一段时间,但是鉴于台湾就业市场的情况并不乐观,有些担心工作机会不容易找到。而台湾的学业是否对今后的职业前途大有裨益,她也有些许存疑:“台湾的大学,即便是台大,在国际上毕竟不如北大清华那样有名。”

德国在台学生虽然增长很快,但在数量上排不上前列。目前数量最多的国际学生都来自东南亚,去年第一位是越南,有超过2.75万人,是其次印尼和马来西亚,均已过万。美国排在第十位,德国第13位。

 

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