According to various French media reports, Jean Polmanouf, a well-known French internet celebrity, was confirmed to have died suddenly during a live broadcast on the 18th. Due to the content of his live broadcast involving“Violent abuse”, this incident caused an uproar in all sectors of French society, the country’s judiciary has stepped in to investigate.
According to the French Radio Internationale 20 reported that Jean Polmanouf (nickname JP) , formerly known as Rafael Graven, is a good live webmaster. After a stint in the army, he became a video game blogger, quickly becoming popular during the covid-19 pandemic and gaining zero followers, known as the “Emotional JP”. In recent years, POLMANOUF has become a“Extreme challenge” type of streaming video blogger, working with several other internet celebrities to create and distribute“Violent abuse” video challenges, and he often“Plays” the abused.
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The incident took place in a more than 300-hour live marathon challenge, Polmanouf and his collaborators hope to use this“Sleepless” extreme way to receive a reward of 40,000 euros. During the long live broadcast, Polmanouf’s mental state is getting worse and worse. By the 12th day of the live broadcast, netizens found that he had lost consciousness under the quilt and had not moved for a long time. Even the co-operative internet celebrity did not respond to him when he was hit with a water bottle. At this point, the co-star of the live broadcast room realized that something had happened and cut off the live broadcast in a hurry. However, the relevant video had been recorded by netizens and quickly spread on the internet, with millions of views.
The Public Prosecutor’s office in Nice, France, announced on the 19th that a man had indeed died in the city of Conte near Nice. An autopsy is currently underway to determine the cause of his death, and several co-stars who participated in the live broadcast have also been investigated. The report said that as early as last December, the police had investigated whether the live broadcast involved“Intentional group violence against vulnerable groups, the dissemination of video images involving intentional injury to others.”. Polmanouf is said to have been repeatedly beaten and strangled during live broadcasts, but co-hosts argued that“This is just a controlled streaming entertainment”.
French 24-hour news television said that all circles in France have begun to reflect on this, questions and criticism have been directed at co-stars, viewers of“Violent abuse” videos and streaming platforms that have failed to meet their effective regulatory responsibilities. Polmanouf’s sister said her brother had been tortured and humiliated on live television for a long time and was a victim of this“Violent and abusive entertainment”, “He was overwhelmed by exhaustion and humiliation. He shouldn’t have died like this!” The victim’s former comrade also said that he had been manipulated by the live stream and had become a ‘traffic prey’ .
The French Minister for Digital Affairs, Clara Chappaz, called the incident“Appalling” and asked for an explanation from the live broadcast platform, “Streaming media platforms should bear responsibility for the spread of illegal content, which is a legal obligation.”. “Faced with the phenomenon of ‘violence and abuse’ on live Le Figaro, the judicial authorities should have cracked down on illegal live broadcasts a long time ago,” the newspaper criticised.