[4] Compiled from: Red Star News
 
[2] On December 13, the Yueyang County Public Security Bureau in Hunan Province reported that, after meticulous investigation, it had cracked a major case of organized online obscene performances, successfully dismantling three pornography-related apps. According to reports, these apps involved over 400,000 users and 7,000 female streamers, with funds involved totaling nearly 100 million yuan.

 
 

Case review
[3] On October 15 this year, the Cybersecurity Brigade of the Yueyang County Public Security Bureau discovered during an online patrol that a website contained pop-up ads. After clicking and downloading the ad, they found an app named "Mou Huo" suspected of hosting pornographic live streams. Officers randomly inspected multiple female streamers' live rooms within the app and found that all the inspected streamers provided "one-on-one" pornographic live streams at a rate of 6 yuan per minute. An investigation into the app's financial transactions revealed that a person surnamed Li Xiaoxiao from Yueyang County was suspected of organizing and establishing the pornographic app "Mou Huo."

 
 

[4] Through various investigative methods, the organizational structure and criminal activities of the "Mou Huo" app gradually became clear to the task force. At the same time, the task force successfully identified the main suspects in the case: Hou, Li Xiaoxiao, and Tong, along with several other suspects. The task force discovered that Hou, Li Xiaoxiao, and Tong were also suspected of organizing and operating two other similar pornographic apps, "Mou Lan" and "Xin Mou Lin."
 
Through further analysis and investigation, the task force discovered that approximately 7,000 female streamers were performing across these three pornographic apps, providing one-on-one nude chat-style video obscene performances. Users could register as members and recharge to exchange virtual gold coins, using different amounts of virtual gold coins for tipping or gift-giving to prompt streamers to perform obscene acts of varying degrees of nudity. The three pornographic apps had a total of over 400,000 registered users, with involved funds reaching nearly 100 million yuan. The obscene streamers were from multiple provinces and cities across China, including Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Fujian.
 
 
"Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China"Article 365
Whoever organizes obscene performances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, or public surveillance, and shall also be fined; if the circumstances are serious, the sentence shall be fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined.

 
 

 
[1] The author's perspective
This case not only involves a wide geographical scope but also a large number of people and a huge amount of money, showing that using the internet for crime has greater influence. It is reported that these three pornographic apps attracted so many streamers and user registrations through a "headhunting" method, where for every female streamer recruited, the recruiter could receive 3% to 6% of the tips given to that streamer by users; for every new user brought in, the recruiter could receive 35% to 40% of the tips given by that user. Thus, the three pornographic apps were able to grow rapidly in a short time.
 
Based on the case analysis, the criminal suspects are mainly suspected of the crime of organizing obscene performances. It is worth noting that this charge only applies to organizers; female streamers who merely perform do not constitute this crime. Clearly, organizers have intent in organizing obscene performances, and regardless of whether it is for profit, this crime can be established.
 
The author believes that the act of organizing obscene performances not only easily induces other illegal and criminal activities but also harms people's physical and mental health, and even violates social moral standards and public order. Therefore, such criminal acts must be strictly combated according to law, which is of great significance for maintaining social order, purifying the social environment, protecting people's physical and mental health, and promoting spiritual civilization.