Blowing darts, hunting bows, electric batons, tear gas, anti-wolf spray … … Can these goods that can cause harm to the human body be bought and sold at will?
"These are all controlled devices. According to relevant national laws and regulations, sales of controlled devices need to be filed with the public security department to obtain corresponding licenses." The relevant person in charge of Chaoyang Branch of Beijing Public Security Bureau said.
However, the reporter found that although these prohibited items and control devices are hard to find in physical stores, they are easy to "find" on the Internet.
Contraband can be bought on e-commerce platforms and search platforms.
Most consumers don’t know that anti-wolf spray is a prohibited item. "It can make the bad guys lose their mobility in a short time without causing permanent damage. I think it is quite reliable. Why should it be banned?" Li Mo, a bank employee in Beijing, asked.
In fact, anti-wolf spray may not prevent wolves, but it may be used by "wolves" to infringe on others. In Dongzhimen Station of Beijing Metro Line 2 in 2014, a passenger sprayed anti-wolf spray on the explosion-proof blanket, causing many passengers to feel unwell. In Guangzhou, Xi ‘an and other cities, there have also been incidents in which anti-wolf spray caused public disorder. As early as 2012, Taobao formulated the Catalogue of Prohibited Goods and Information, which explicitly prohibited platform merchants from selling such control devices.
Li Mo said that she searched for anti-wolf spray on Taobao, and the website would prompt "According to relevant laws, regulations and policies, it cannot be displayed ‘ Anti-wolf spray ’ Related baby. " When searching in JD.COM Mall, you can’t find the anti-wolf spray directly, but other anti-wolf devices of various colors will pop up in the window, such as the anti-wolf alarm, and it is specially marked as "Non-spray". Li Mo’s experience is: "‘ Non-spray ’ It is the cover for merchants to cope with inspections. If you contact customer service again, you can definitely buy what you want. "
According to this method, the reporter asked an outdoor equipment store on the platform of JD.COM Mall, and the other party replied: "Take a wolf alarm in 59 yuan, and we will note that we will send a wolf spray." Another outdoor sports store customer service offered to add QQ or WeChat for details. After the reporter added QQ, the other party sent a letter: "Lipstick anti-wolf spray 45 yuan postage."
In addition, the reporter entered "anti-wolf spray" on Baidu, 360 and other search platforms, and most of them were websites that blatantly sold anti-wolf spray, with various models, appearances and types, and pictures and texts were very detailed.
Online sales of prohibited items have been repeatedly banned, and there is a blind spot in multi-head supervision.
Why are online sales of contraband prohibited? What are the difficulties in supervising the online sale of contraband?
"The network is open, virtual and convenient, which objectively provides living space for prohibited items." Jing Linbo, director of China Social Science Evaluation Center of China Academy of Social Sciences, said.
"There is no unified catalogue for online contraband, which makes supervision more difficult." Jing Linbo said. What are the contraband altogether? Actually, it’s hard to say clearly. For example, simulation guns, both plastic toy guns, prop guns, etc., also have simulation guns with firing functions similar to guns. According to the Identification Standard for Simulation Guns, the shape and color are the same as those of standard guns, and a piece of paper can be punched in a distance of 5 to 7 meters. Toy guns with standard gun structures belong to simulation guns and will be banned by the police. Take dart blowing as an example. There are both children’s toy-style sucker darts and metal darts that can be sharpened or even coated with anesthetic ether. The latter can stun small animals and undoubtedly cause harm to people. However, there is no "standard for determining dart blowing" that stipulates which darts should be banned.
"Online sale of contraband involves food and drug, industrial and commercial administration, public security organs and other regulatory authorities. In recent years, with the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce, the supervision of online sales of contraband also involves customs. In the case of multi-sector supervision, it is easy to have management blind spots, and how to improve the efficiency of coordinated operations is also a challenge. " Jing Linbo said.
Before the introduction of relevant laws, the platform party cannot evade its responsibilities.
The reporter found that it is also difficult to report the e-commerce that sells contraband and confirm the address of the business. The reporter called 12345 Beijing non-emergency rescue service center to report. The staff was willing to accept the report of illegal sales of prohibited items, but asked for the specific address of the merchant. The reporter could not find the address of the merchant on the e-commerce platform. The staff of the service center suggested that the reporter report to the public security bureau of the e-commerce platform. The reporter called the alarm desk of Beijing Yizhuang Economic and Technological Development Zone Public Security Bureau, where JD.COM’s headquarters is located. The other party said: "There are so many businesses on the JD.COM platform that we can’t check them unless we provide the address of the business selling contraband and report it to the local police station."
"It is difficult to supervise the online sale of prohibited items. The crux lies in the fact that the e-commerce platform and the search platform are not in place for the certification of the main qualifications of online stores and the filing of business categories. China urgently needs a systematic and complete law and regulation for online retailing, and clarifies the responsibilities of the platform. However, during the transition period when the law has not yet been promulgated, the platform side should not evade its responsibilities. " Jing Linbo said.
Since searching online for products such as darts and hunting bows, e-commerce platforms and search platforms have pushed such product information to reporters from time to time, and their "intelligent" penetration ability can be seen. This makes people lament: why don’t online shopping platforms use this "intelligence" to supervise the sale of contraband? For example, establish an accurate keyword screening system, refine category management, clearly define the product content and name under each category, and prevent one product from escaping the keyword search screening function … … Obviously, technology is not a "thing" to manage contraband. The key is whether you want to manage it or not.