Naked and judged in court of online opinions

This screen shot from the video recorded by another driver shows the male driver kicking the woman violently.

After her record of driving offences and her lifestyle were dissected by netizens, the female driver who was attacked by a male driver after cutting in front of his car several times in Chengdu, southwest Sichuan province, which incident aroused hot discussions, changed her attitude and apologized. Comments:

When somebody becomes the focus of online discussions, all information about that person will be unveiled and his/her life put in spotlight. Those having their privacy stripped off might have committed wrongdoings, but do they deserve this and is it legal? Worse, they cannot even defend themselves using the law because they will not know who first released the information and so will not be able to sue them. We are establishing the rule of law and please stop such crazy online frenzies.

Beijing News, May 12

Everybody needs to behave properly on the road and avoid turning small unpleasant incidents into conflicts that become quarrels, even fights. This is not only proper behavior, it is also necessary for road safety and personal safety, because we live in a society full of anger and gunpowder that can explode at any time.

Beijing Times, May 12

The personal information and privacy of the female driver, which were released after the incident, contain not only the record of her driving offences, but also a record of the hotel rooms she had booked. It is reported that she does not know who to sue, but who kept these records? In order to get the record of her driving offences, one needs her plate number and engine number, both of which will be known to car dealers and the traffic authorities, the records of her hotel stays will be kept by the hotels. Those keeping these records should be responsible for her losses if the records are released.

Liu Yuanju, a researcher at the SIFL Institute, May 13