Impressionable kids hooked by vulgar videos

A VIDEO CLIP showing a motorcyclist in Zhaotong, Yunnan province, carrying six primary school pupils on his motorbike has proved popular after it was shown online. China Education Daily commented on Thursday:

While the man's behavior was dangerous and should have raised concerns, as the comments show, most viewers found the clip amusing rather than alarming. But many other popular video clips have contained violent and sexual content unfit for public consumption.

Ironically, the websites that stream such videos are among the most vibrant dotcom companies and they have attracted a lot of investment. But what they do is basically the same, attracting viewers with sensational short videos, some of which are coarsely staged and produced, while some are suspected of violating relevant rules and laws. It is strange that these practices have been tolerated for so long by the authorities.