Recently, the China Internet Joint Rumor Refutation Platform conducted a combing and analysis of online rumors in January. Online data monitoring and netizen reports show that rumors related to people's livelihood, especially the fabrication of disaster-related rumors, are more prominent in the month, and some self-fiction social events, exaggerate the actual situation, and also use AI synthesis technology to generate false information, hurting social trust and causing adverse impacts. In addition, rumors spread in social hotspots such as education, tourism, and environmental protection occur from time to time, confusing the public, misleading cognition, and polluting the online ecology.
Rumors of the disaster and the case disrupted order。Some people have made up and exaggerated false information related to natural disasters and safety accidents. On January 23, 7Level 1**, subsequently, "Xinjiang Kashgar occurred 7Level 1** "Occurred in Yutian County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang 7Level 1** "A residential building in Aksu was shocked and crooked" "6Level 8**, several people were injured", "Shanxi Xinzhou is going to be **", "Chongqing Jiangbei, Yubei, Wanzhou, Rongchang are going to happen" and other rumors related to ** have emerged on the Internet one after another, interfering with rescue and disaster relief work. In addition, rumors of safety accidents such as "a sudden fire in a factory area in Xigu District, Lanzhou City", "a grain depot in Jinan City", "a girl in Chongqing who threw firecrackers into the sewer and unfortunately died", "9 dead and 1 injured in a motorcycle and electric vehicle collision in Chengjiang, Yunnan" and other safety accidents are frequently spreading, or distorting the facts, or exaggerating, exaggerating the uneasy atmosphere, and causing adverse effects. Fictional social hotspots confuse the public。As the Spring Festival approaches, students enter the winter vacation, and the national cultural tourism explodes, but under the excitement, some people chase after the wind, distort the facts, and take advantage of the current hot spots to spread false information. For example, the rumor that "the 'Memorial Hall of the Compatriots Killed in Nanjing, the Japanese Invasion of China' was renamed the Memorial Hall of the Compatriots Killed" is purely false and ill-intentioned. On the topic of education, the rumors of "Compulsory Education Teaching Reform Experimental Zone's 'Shortening the School System' and 'Canceling the High School Entrance Examination'" seized the public's concern and concern about the issue of higher education and exaggerated dissatisfaction; The rumor that "80% of Tsinghua graduates have gone abroad" not only ignores the facts, but also deliberately misleads the public and smears colleges and universities and China's education work. In addition, the so-called "gossip" that "there is Wenzhou private capital involvement behind the wire fraud gang in northern Myanmar" has been verified by the public security organs to be purely self-directed and self-staged by the rumor-mongers, picking quarrels and provoking trouble.
Use AI technology to spread rumors and win traffic。Recently, the use of AI technology to concoct online rumors has occurred in many places in China, which deserves public vigilance. For example, the rumor that "the road surface in Wushi County, Xinjiang is seriously damaged and houses have collapsed one after another" is false information synthesized by netizens using AI automatic generation technology; "High-speed rail stations are built in many places in Xinjiang", this fake ** is also Zhang Guan Li Dai, after the software is intelligently synthesized, and then the place name is indiscriminately named, which almost makes the local people believe it is true; It is rumored on the Internet that "500 yuan to live in Zhangjiajie Cliff Hotel", there is "positioning" and introduction, which seems to be a matter of fact, which makes many netizens "yearn for it", but it is actually synthesized through AI technology. The purpose behind the use of AI technology to concoct rumors and deliberately cause misunderstanding and misinterpretation by the public is to attract fans and attract traffic and earn traffic, which not only interferes with the order of online information content dissemination, but is also suspected of violating the law and committing crimes.
February coincides with the Spring Festival holiday, and as the "flavor of the New Year" grows stronger, topics such as traditional customs, travel, returning to their hometowns, culture and entertainment, catering consumption, and safety precautions are increasingly concerned by the masses, and rumors related to this may increase. Some self-provoking or using social hotspots such as "fireworks and firecrackers 'ban', 'limit' and 'release'" to spread rumors and rumors, provoke contradictions and earn traffic; Some "pseudo-popular science and real superstition" articles under the banner of "health" and "health preservation" may be disseminated again. The China Internet Joint Rumor Refutation Platform reminds netizens that in the face of massive amounts of online information, they must maintain a rational and objective attitude, improve their awareness and ability to distinguish information, and do not let rumors add to the flavor of the New Year, so as to spend a happy and peaceful Spring Festival in the Year of the Dragon.