Mobile game developer apologizes after pornographic video of player posted online

Yesterday, the built-in game "Crazy Laiwang" in the mobile instant messaging software "Laiwang" was accused of leaking game player videos. When players use this mobile game software, the camera of the mobile phone will take pictures of the players' game process, and the video will then be spread to video websites.

Currently, more than 35,000 videos of gamers are circulating on the Internet. In some videos, players are wearing revealing clothes, exposing their bodies, and there are indecent clips. Some players pointed out that the software filmed and uploaded the videos without the players' permission. Yesterday afternoon, Youku told the Beijing Youth Daily reporter that it had urgently processed the videos and they were no longer available for viewing. The game developer also apologized to the gamers.

Obscene video of mobile game player uploaded to the Internet

On the video website Youku, a registered user named "Crazy Laiwang" uploaded more than 35,000 videos with different titles. Among them, a large number of videos named "Foodies Are the Most Glorious" showed people wearing revealing clothes, even exposing sensitive parts, and indecent clips.

It can be seen from the video that the people in the picture are playing some kind of guessing game. Some people in the picture who are wearing revealing clothes are indoors and do not seem to realize that they are being recorded. They keep talking to the camera and making body movements.

As of now, the video uploaded by the user "疯来往" to the aforementioned well-known video website has attracted more than 1,600 fans to click on it and has been played more than 260,000 times.

Some netizens' videos have been deleted because they were too revealing.

Game software records players' gaming process

The Beijing Youth Daily reporter noticed that the videos involving indecent scenes were uploaded by a Youku user named "Crazy Laiwang". More than 35,000 videos were uploaded between June and September this year. In the channel introduction of the user "Crazy Laiwang", the user called himself "Crazy Laiwang official account". The latter refers to a mobile game software "Crazy Laiwang". The game software was developed by Beijing Haoteng Jiake Software Co., Ltd. At the same time, the software is a built-in game for the instant messaging software "Laiwang" under Alibaba Group.

According to the game introduction, "Crazy Communication" is an interactive mobile game software that adopts the game format of "you perform and I guess". In each round, multiple nouns appear on the mobile phone screen, and two players face each other. One player faces the mobile phone screen to describe, and the other player stands on the opposite side holding the mobile phone to guess.

During the game, after a round is completed, the game software will record the entire process in the form of video. Most of the videos circulated on the Internet this time recorded the game process of the players and then uploaded them to the Internet, attracting the attention of netizens.

Netizens questioned whether the video was uploaded without the player's consent

News that the game video contains indecent scenes has attracted attention recently. "I found the video on some mobile game forums, and everyone is discussing it." Duan Zhonggang, the head of a Shanghai cultural media company, noticed the video shot by this game software two days ago. Some of the indecent videos were widely reposted and circulated on some forums.

"Sharing must be approved by the individual, and software developers must also have a review mechanism for uploading videos." Yesterday morning, Duan Zhonggang, who is relatively familiar with mobile games, posted on a mobile game website that spreading videos among friends is harmless, but when they are published on the Internet in a way that is visible to everyone, it constitutes a privacy breach.

Game developers apologize

Youku staff told the Beijing Youth Daily that they have taken emergency measures against the user "疯狂来往" and the videos he uploaded, and the videos can no longer be opened normally.

At around 3 pm yesterday afternoon, a Beijing Youth Daily reporter noticed that the videos related to "Crazy Contact" on Youku's homepage no longer existed and the external links could no longer be opened.

Yesterday evening, staff from the company that owns the instant messaging software "Laiwang" told the Beijing Youth Daily reporter that the game developer Beijing Haoteng Jiake Technology Co., Ltd., which developed the crazy Laiwang game, responded.

The response stated that after using the "Crazy Laiwang" game, users can choose to share the game video to Weibo, WeChat Moments, Laiwang Dynamics, or WeChat Friends and Laiwang Friends. In order to achieve the above sharing, the game will store the game video on Youku.

After investigation, it was found that the "Crazy Communication" team failed to inform users in advance that these game videos were stored on Youku. For this error, the game developer and operator sincerely apologize to all affected users. At present, all such links have been deleted on Youku, and the sharing function of the "Crazy Communication" game videos has been stopped.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.