People right to reject stickers for being insensitive and exploitative

A MEDIA COMPANY PARTNERING WITH TENCENT, one of the largest social media companies in China, has made stickers of the facial expressions of the "comfort women" interviewed in the documentary Twenty Two, drawing much criticism. Thepaper.cn comments:

The heart-rending documentary, shot three years ago, records the daily lives and memories of the last 22 women forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during its occupation of China. The women were the last "comfort women" still alive on the Chinese mainland at the time of filming. When it was broadcast last week, 14 out of the 22 women had passed away.

It is highly improper for the media company to use the distress of the "comfort women" recalling their traumatic experiences in such a frivolous manner. Tencent should also take the blame for giving the green light to these insensitive and exploitative stickers.