ＢＰＯ、放送倫理上の問題を指摘　木村花さん出演「テラハ」―人権侵害は認めず

　フジテレビのリアリティー番組「テラスハウス」に出演したプロレスラーの木村花さん＝当時（２２）＝がネットでの中傷を苦に亡くなったとされる問題で、放送倫理・番組向上機構（ＢＰＯ）の放送人権委員会（奥武則委員長）は３０日、番組に「人権侵害があったとまでは断定できない」とした上で「放送倫理上の問題があった」と発表した。
　同委は、地上波放送に先立つ動画配信後に花さんが自傷行為をしたことに触れ、「（フジは）自傷行為後に一定のケア対応をしており、人権侵害があったとまでは断定できない」と判断。また、「（花さんの）自由な意思決定が奪われていたとは言えない」と結論付けた。
　その上で、視聴者の共感や反発が出演者に向かうリアリティー番組においては、放送局は出演者の身体的・精神的健康状態に配慮すべきだとし、「こうした配慮に欠け、放送倫理上の問題がある」と指摘した。（2021/03/30-17:28）

An independent committee of a Japanese media watchdog on Tuesday stopped short of recognizing a human rights violation in popular reality television show "Terrace House," aired by Fuji Television Network Inc.
   The human rights committee of the Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization, better known as BPO, reviewed the reality show in response to a claim of human rights violation filed by Kyoko Kimura, the mother of Hana Kimura, a 22-year-old professional wrestler, who was among participants in the TV show.
   Hana is believed to have killed herself after receiving abusive comments on social media from viewers of the show.
   The committee said that the show had "problems in terms of broadcasting ethics." Broadcasters should pay attention to the physical and mental well-being of cast members of reality shows because they tend to become targets of empathy and hate from viewers, but the Fuji Television show lacked such attention, it said.
   But the committee said that it is difficult to recognize a human rights violation in Terrace House, noting that the broadcaster offered a certain level of psychological support for Hana after she harmed herself following the distribution of an episode online before it was aired on TV. The committee concluded that "it cannot be said that her ability to make free decisions had been stripped."