Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology spent 41.7 million yuan to release a software called "Green Dam-Flower Season Escort" and requires that starting from July 1, all newly sold computers must be pre-installed with this software. It is said that the purpose of this move is to protect young people from harmful information. However, treating all computer users as minors and forcing them to install and use this software that may leak personal privacy is really overkill. This "one-size-fits-all" policy caused an uproar as soon as it was introduced. Some netizens called the "Green Dam" the "Green Tyrant", which is not true. The author is also deeply touched by this. Behind the simple blockage of thinking and hasty behavior of Green Dam software, it all makes people think of the possible consequences of huge corporate profits and victimization of netizens. It can be said that "red cherries and green bananas".
The cherry turns red, and companies make money from the government
What I must explain to you is that spending 41.7 million yuan of public funds to purchase one year of free use rights makes people worry about what will happen after one year, and how the country and the winning company will "care" for netizens by then. The two companies that won the bid were also little-known, no matter in terms of capabilities, credibility, or relationships with government departments, people had natural associations.
The author has the same questions as everyone else. Has the plan of Green Dam Software been scientifically investigated and verified? At least today with the Internet being so developed, conducting a voting survey on the Internet is not a technical problem at all. Why is the country unwilling to condescend? Let’s first ask netizens for their opinions? If we really want to provide forced “fatherly love” to the vast number of teenagers, it will undoubtedly show the incompetence of family education, school education and social education. The country must take a tough stance to provide for the growth of teenagers.” Protect and protect." Has the implementation of Green Dam software been reviewed and approved by the National People's Congress? As a representative institution, the National People's Congress and its Standing Committee are the organs for the people to exercise state power. The government is only an administrative agency that implements power. In layman's terms, the state and its staff He is a public servant of the people, and his actions are subject to the consent and supervision of the people. But nowadays, the government often oversteps its bounds and often makes decisions for its masters. Did Green Dam Software strictly abide by relevant laws in its bidding? Our country has promulgated the "Government Procurement Law" and the "Tendering and Bidding Law". If the qualifications of bidding companies are strictly reviewed in accordance with legal procedures and the entire bidding process is made public, Accepting the supervision of the broad masses of the people will not cause any doubts about the fairness of the winning bidder.
The bananas are green, the country is cold and the hearts of netizens are cold
The wool comes from the sheep. There is no doubt that the ultimate bearer of the 41.7 million is still the general public, including of course more than 300 million Internet users. Because every citizen is a taxpayer, directly or indirectly responsible for the country's taxes. The only legitimacy of the government's existence is to provide public goods and services and ensure the realization of people's basic rights. Green Dam software has a very good annotation: Flower Season Escort, which shows that the main users of this software should be young people. However, Green Dam is forced to be installed on all computers for sale without any consideration. Obviously, all computers are purchased. The author imagines himself as a "minor" who has no self-control. This is simply a great contempt for the national intelligence, or at least disrespect for the people's feelings. The country must treat you well, whether you like it or not. This kind of forced "fatherly love" behavior is so powerful that it infringes on personal freedoms and rights, arousing the resentment of netizens. It cannot but be said to be the result of "good intentions go unpaid". In addition, Green Dam software itself has many fatal problems, such as rogue installation process, causing alarms from anti-virus software, inability to completely uninstall, ridiculous keyword blocking, etc. These shortcomings can only attract resistance from many netizens. In this way, the result of Green Dam is that the country spends money on behalf of the people to make fun of itself, and the escort in the flower season has become a comic escort, leading to an ending that is full of complaints.
A Western proverb goes: The wind can enter the poor man's humble house, the rain can enter, but the king cannot enter! In the Internet age, will this kind of personal sacred property rights develop into "a personal computer, viruses can enter, porn can enter, but the country cannot" Enter!", we will wait and see! However, the move of Green Dam software to be forced into personal computers is undoubtedly an overreach of "paternalism". This is also a manifestation of the government's overconfidence. As long as the intention is good, it will go its own way regardless of the method. This one-way rigid administrative management thinking mode has created a situation of "red cherries, green bananas".
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