Human Powered Search=Infringement of Personal Rights

The verdict of the famous first human powered search incident in China has come out as Leyi Zhang, who lists out all the betraying husband Wang Fei's personal information on a big forum and triggers a big human powered search, has violated Wang Fei's privacy. The judge urges him to delete all the articles that he publishes on the website and makes a 5,683 Yuan compesation to Wang Fei.

This incident is named as the first human powered search in China for its influence and impact. Leyi Zhang is a friend of Wang Fei's wife, who kills herself for the betral of her husband. Out of anger, Leyi puts her blog address and some articles about her broken marriage in one of the biggest forum in China. Quickly, this incident catches people's attention. Lots of people copy Leyi's articles and publish them in forum, and the misery of the suicide wife strikes people's heart. A big human powered search then is triggered. Soon Wang Fei's personal information is found and put out in the Internet. From that day on, he receives lots harrassing telephones, loses his jobs and cannot find another one since no companies dare to hire him. After four months' frightening life, he decides to sue Leyi Zhang for violating his privacy.

"He[Wang Fei] hopes people can forget this incident." The lawyer of Wang Fei says, "after all he is in a disgraceful place in this story."

Though Wang Fei never turns up in the court, he is said to have found a new job and starts his life as a normal person again.

For Leyi Zhang's lawyer, time will tell whether this verdict is reasonable. "I think, no many people will agree with this verdict."