Human Flesh Search (HFS)
Human Flesh Search (HFS) : (ICT) (GEN, SN, W20) This is an Internet phenomenon recorded primarily in China. It means massive researching using Internet media such as blogs and forums. It has generally been stigmatized as being for the purpose of identifying and exposing individuals to public humiliation, usually out of nationalistic sentiment, or to break the Internet censorship. More recent analyses, however, have shown that it is also used for a number of other reasons, including exposing government corruption, identifying hit and run drivers, and exposing scientific fraud, as well as for more "entertainment" related items such as identifying people seen in pictures
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