Proof of How Blockchain Enables Betterment for Society

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Chinese Student Calling for Transparency in Sexual Assault Case Uses Ethereum Blockchain to Bypass Censors

Students in China calling for more transparency regarding an old sexual assault case have allegedly been forced to destroy information on the case. Posts on the matter have been censored on platforms such as WeChat and speedily deleted. As a result, the students have had to employ unconventional means of ensuring their concerns are not silenced by censors, like flipping screenshots upside down and recording the information on the Ethereum blockchain.

Students from Peking University (PKU) are having their calls for transparency regarding the case silenced by authorities. Students Yue Xin and Deng Yuhao have both called on students and professors to demand transparency on the case (which dates back to the ’90s) in which a former PKU literature professor, Shen Yang, was accused of raping and sexually harassing his student, Gao Yan — friends have said the attack drove the victim to her suicide in 1998.

Using the Blockchain to avoid censorship
Chinese internet users have reportedly seen similar posts vanish from Social Media platforms, and this seems to indicate a drive to censor posts relating to the #MeToo movement and other similar concerns in a nation already infamous for the censorship of its citizens. Posts calling for information to be released about the PKU case have been similarly hushed up, and some of the students arguing the case have complained about being harassed and intimated by the school. Despite this, Yue Xin has continued to defy censors and has used the notes section of an Ethereum transfer to create a record that cannot be silenced or tampered with.


Yue Xin used the notes section of the transaction to provide a permanent record of her open letter. The text can be viewed by clicking “convert to UT8.”
“At about 11 pm on April 22, the counselor suddenly called me, but because the time was late, I did not receive it. At one o’clock in the morning, the counselor and his mother suddenly came to my dormitory and forced me to wake up and asked me to delete all the information related to the information disclosure incident on my mobile phone and computer.” — This quotation is from the open letter which can be found on the Ethereum blockchain.

It is unclear why authorities would go to such lengths to suppress calls for transparency and treat their students in this manner, but Supchina provided a translation of a post that was shared across the PKU Wechat groups that may partially explain their motives:

“This is a reminder to teachers and students. After Yuhao talked to some school staffers, the school’s Party committee defined the whole incident as similar to student activism and a political movement. Some students at school are colluding with each other, and some are colluding with external forces. We should be aware of ill-intended reporting from some bad media both domestic and foreign. It needs to be emphasized that this year is very special. It marks the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening up, the 40th anniversary of gaokao resumption, and the 120-year anniversary of PKU. So please protect your safety.”

Blockchain could enable a new era of “hacktivism.”
Many will be familiar with the group anonymous, but perhaps less so with the origins of the “hacktivist” group. It all started on a message board called 4chan, where internet users could post about practically anything. The majority of “memes” that litter the internet today can trace their roots to 4chan, but what is most interesting is how some users (who mostly posted anonymously) realized the platform and the people using it could affect the world in a meaningful way.

In many countries, censorship is an issue. Freedom of speech and freedom of information is intrinsically linked to other basic human rights. It may not be an intended use of blockchain technology, but the way in which Yue Xin has used it to overcome censorship could spark a new era of digital activism. Regardless, Xin has gotten the story out. It’s there for anyone to read and can’t be erased or altered. It’s a small victory given the magnitude of the allegations, but it’s a start and presents a strong argument for future transparency in this and similar cases.

Originally published at cryptodisrupt.com

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