Dog poop girl

Infobox Korean name
hangul=개똥녀
hanja=개똥女
rr=Gaettongnyeo
mr=Kaettongnyŏ

Dog poop girl was an incident on a South Korean subway that was recorded and published, resulting in a backlash by Internet vigilantes.

Incident

In early June 2005, the woman, who appears to be in her 20s, took her lap dog on Seoul Subway Line 2. Her dog defecated on the floor of the subway car and, when other riders requested that she clean up after it, she declined to do so. Another subway rider offered the woman a tissue, which she used to clean the dog but not its waste. Other passengers suggested she clean up the mess, she ignored the second group of requests and departed the subway at the next stop. Another female commuter, using a camera phone, took several photographs of the woman and dog, and posted them on a popular Korean website. [cite news
title = Netizens Need 'Ethical Guidelines'
publisher = Hankyoreh Shinmun
date = 2005 June 17
url = http://www.hani.co.kr/section-001100000/2005/06/001100000200506170220001.html ] [cite news
author = JP
title = Puppy poo girl
publisher = Japundit
date = 2005 June 30
url = http://japundit.com/archives/2005/06/30/808/ ]

Reaction to the incident

Soon after the unaltered photos were published, Internet vigilante groups closely examined the picture and within days she had been identified and her personal information released on the Internet. The photo quickly became one of the most popular image searches on popular Korean web portals and a source of parody and derisive satire. [cite web
author= Daniel Solove
title= Of Privacy and Poop: Norm Enforcement via the Blogosphere
work = [http://balkin.blogspot.com Balkinization]
urldate = 2005 June 30
url = http://balkin.blogspot.com/2005/06/of-privacy-and-poop-norm-enforcement.html
accessdate = 2005-08-19 ] [cite news
author = Jonathan Krim
title = Subway Fracas Escalates Into Test Of the Internet's Power to Shame
publisher = Washington Post
date = 2005 July 7
url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/06/AR2005070601953.html ] [cite news
publisher = Aunty Spam
title = The Poop Heard Round the World
date = 2005 July 10
url = http://web.archive.org/web/20051216062823/http://www.aunty-spam.com/the-poop-heard-round-the-world/ ]

The woman quit her university in shame and published a photo of her dog and a public apology in Korean. [cite news
author = Sarah Boxer
title = Internet's Best Friend (Let Me Count the Ways)
publisher = New York Times
date = 2005 July 30
url = http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/30/arts/30cats.html ] [ [http://boom.naver.com/1/20050619170920827 The woman's apology] , in Korean, with a picture of the dog] [ [http://www.dkbnews.com/bbs/zboard.php?id=pogpungnews&no=418 Article about 'The woman's apology'] , in Korean]

Concerns

The reaction by Korean netizens to the incident prompted several Korean newspapers to run editorials voicing concern over Internet vigilantism, suggesting that the effect of world-wide crowds do not result in wise, uniform judgments and appropriate punishments via social stigma. The implications for personal privacy were raised. Some said that posting the woman's picture was acceptable, but that posting her personal information was inappropriate. Others said that her face should have been obscured in the widely circulated picture, in order to protect her identity. [cite news
title = 'Trial by Internet' Casts Spotlight on Korean Cyber Mobs
publisher = Chosun Ilbo
date = 2005 July 8
url = http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200507/200507080017.html ]

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