A few days ago, the internet information department disclosed the third batch of typical cases of online rumors involving multiple fields, guiding the platform to continue to increase the force of monitoring, verification, and handling, tracing the source and closing the accounts that first published rumors, and disposing of a total of 1,660 accounts that violated laws and regulations.
Judging from the newly released typical cases, online rumors have a distinctive feature: extreme rumors involving terrorism and violence are frequent. For example: "Southwest University School of Pharmacy Occurred" rumors, "A student is missing in a school in Lanzhou" rumors, "Shanghai takeaway brother worked overtime for 280,000 bride price to die of exhaustion" rumors. These rumors not only deliberately create social panic, but also wantonly stir up public sentiment and cause great damage to the order of the Internet. Among them, the so-called "Shanghai takeaway brother worked overtime for 280,000 dowry and died of exhaustion", which is not only a joke fabricated and deduced by the relevant self-**, but has even been adapted into multiple versions and widely disseminated. The evil of unscrupulous "self-**" can be seen from this.
Another characteristic of these online rumors is that they use people's livelihood topics to sell anxiety. For example, rumors that "in 2024, employee medical insurance contributions will no longer be included in personal accounts", rumors that "many places will implement 'retirement according to seniority'", rumors that "Hangzhou announced a ban on live streaming", and rumors that "China Grain Reserves decided to stop purchasing corn from abroad". Medical insurance, retirement, new online business formats, and the purchase of agricultural products are all topics of people's livelihood that have attracted much attention, so they are also the "hardest hit areas" where online rumors are frequent. The emergence of these rumors has seriously disrupted the dissemination of information on the Internet, and the information gap has been used to spread malicious intent.
It is worth mentioning that there is another type of Internet rumor that is even more insidious: recently, there has been a series of Internet rumors entitled "The China-Japan Friendship Hospital is a hospital built by the Japanese, with an investment of 2.6 billion", etc., claiming that "the China-Japan Friendship Hospital has successfully invaded, and it is difficult to imagine the consequences if you are not vigilant", "What is the purpose of building so many China-Japan Friendship Hospitals", etc. These ** and remarks seriously deviate from historical facts, wantonly slander the national public hospitals, not only seriously disrupting the medical order of the people, but also revealing extreme malice - what is the intention of fabricating such rumors?
Through the typical cases of online rumors, at least three effects can be achieved: first, remind the majority of netizens to keep their eyes open, be vigilant, and not be deceived by amazing Internet rumors. Second, cracking down on rumor-mongers is a powerful deterrent to online rumors. In addition, through typical cases, online platforms are urged to close the gates, guard the door, and actively fulfill their main responsibilities.
Since the special action of "Clear and Strict Rectification of 'Self-Inflicted' Chaos", relevant departments have been intensifying their efforts to crack down on online rumors and chaos, and the topic of "authenticity" has been frequently mentioned. Among the 13 new regulations to strengthen the management of "self-**", not only delineate the red line for "self-**" operation, but also clarify the responsibilities of online platforms in many aspects. For example, strengthen the display of qualification certification, standardize the labeling of information, strengthen the management of information authenticity, add labels of fictional content or controversial information, and improve the function of rumor labels.
A very important reason why Internet rumors have been repeatedly banned is that there are always people who pretend to be amazing for fame or profit. To eradicate Internet rumors, you need to find one and punish one, and at the same time, you need to warn a batch. In this regard, not only should the relevant departments strictly investigate and deal with them in accordance with laws and regulations, but online platforms should also strengthen content review, cut off the chain of transmission of online rumors, and remove the breeding ground. Only in this way can we maintain a clear network environment and safeguard social order and public interests.
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