If an public figure is considered responsible for things that harm public or people in general, then they might be target of prank or minor assault. See Baidu's

If an public figure is considered responsible for things that harm public or people in general, then they might be target of prank or minor assault. See Baidu's Robin Li was poured water on stage [1]. Because, Baidu allowed advertisers to buy out their social groups TieBa. They then can operate the group as if that they are ordinary netizens, and publish ADs literally as normal posts. Chinese netizens routinely make threats to public figures who make statements that are contradicting to common Orthodox. Mrs. Zhao Wei, the one I already mentioned above, and elsewhere in other posts, was once attacked by poops, because she wore clothes that has the imperial Japanese flag [3]. Then take a look at this [4], a teen used Ant's personal loan, and cannot repay, so she runs away, then her mom committed suicide. Similar incidents happened a lot... I am fairly sure that, some young Chinese vigilante, after reading this, had the conviction that Mr. Jack Ma probably is a bad man, and they are compelled to do something about it. [1] https://amp.scmp.com/tech/tech-leaders-and-founders/article/3017030/baidus-robin-li-has-bottle-water-tipped-over-him https://amp.scmp.com/tech/tech-leaders-and-founders/article/... [2] https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/90762149 https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/90762149 [3] https://www.scmp.com/article/365213/pop-star-under-fire-posing-outfit-japanese-flag https://www.scmp.com/article/365213/pop-star-under-fire-posi... [4] https://www.zhihu.com/question/265454740 https://www.zhihu.com/question/265454740