(cache)[Lawsuit] Victim speaks of the horror of being targeted in a game where people are killed with wo...

[Lawsuit] Victim speaks of the horror of being targeted in a game where people are killed with wo...

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Human Rights Week begins on the 4th. A lecture was held in Fukuoka City on the theme of human rights violations caused by online hoaxes and slander. The speaker was a male celebrity who lost everything after being falsely accused of being a murderer. Read the article on this video＞ https://news.ntv.co.jp/n/fbs/category... ■Smiley Kikuchi "Nice to meet you." Celebrity Smiley Kikuchi (52) greets with a gentle demeanor. On the afternoon of the 4th, he gave a lecture of about an hour and a half at the Central Civic Center in Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City. The theme was human rights violations caused by online hoaxes and slander. ■Smiley "Words come out of our mouths, on social media, on our smartphones and computers, and from our fingertips. All of these words are like knives." For 10 years, Smiley has been fighting online hoaxes and slander. In 1999, a rumor that he was an accomplice in a brutal murder was posted on an anonymous Internet bulletin board and spread, leading to a wave of slander. He lost his job and his peaceful life was taken away. ■Smiley "When I was being slandered, I thought, this is a game where you kill people with words, and I've been made the target of it." He currently gives lectures around the country about the horrors he experienced, ways to prevent victimization, and how to avoid becoming a perpetrator. At the Paris Olympics held this summer, it became a problem that many athletes were slandered on social media. In November of this year, a 14-year-old female junior high school student was referred to prosecutors for allegedly sending a threatening email to Takuya Matsunaga, a family member of a victim of the Ikebukuro runaway accident, asking him to "kill me." Slander on the Internet, which is an indispensable part of everyday life, has become a major social problem. ■Smiley "If we reduce the number of perpetrators, there will be no victims, right? It's not a matter of anonymity (on the Internet), but of humanity, so we need to create an environment that fosters humanity." Smiley calls on people who are suffering from slander to "not keep it to themselves, but to talk to as many people as possible, even if it's at a consultation desk." For the latest news, please visit https://news.ntv.co.jp/n/fbs. Also broadcasting on X FBS Fukuoka Broadcasting News (@FBS_NEWS5). / fbs_news5

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