Now is the time for admissions for college entrance examinations in various places. The Ministry of Education recently issued an announcement to remind candidates and parents to be alert to admission scams and traps to avoid being deceived.
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The Ministry of Education issued an announcement to guard against scams for college entrance examinations
According to the Ministry of Education, a total of 3,005 national colleges and universities with qualifications for college entrance examination in 2020 have been published on the portal website of the Ministry of Education and the official WeChat public account "Weiyan Education". Candidates and parents can log on to the official website of the Ministry of Education or on Check and verify the column of "University List" in the official WeChat public account "Weiyan Education".
All colleges and universities that have been filed by the Ministry of Education have college registration codes and professional codes, which can be queried in the voluntary system of each province (region, city). Fake universities have no enrollment codes because they do not have school-running qualifications. Schools whose codes cannot be found are all "fake universities." The Ministry of Education reminds candidates and parents that college entrance examination results are an important basis for college admissions. Any school that claims to be able to go to school immediately after paying for it without looking at the scores is bluffing. Don't believe any lies of "shortcuts" and "low scores to famous schools".
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The admissions department official account was registered
The "cottage number" is fake
The reporter found through investigation that the WeChat official accounts of the admissions departments in many regions were preemptively registered by some individuals and commercial organizations, false propaganda under the banner of the government, and even for profit.
After the college entrance examination this year, parents of candidates in Guangxi reported to reporters that they originally planned to search for the official account of Guangxi Admissions Examination Institute on WeChat, but after entering keywords, they found a "cottage account" registered by an individual.
According to the situation reported by the parents, the reporter conducted a search on WeChat and entered the keyword of "Guangxi Admissions Examination Institute". The WeChat official account named "Guangxi Admissions Examination Net" ranked first, and the reporter added it and left it. After contacting WeChat and asked if it is the official WeChat account of the Guangxi Education Department, the other party has not responded, but sent the reporter an advertisement for studying abroad. The reporter clicked on the WeChat official account information and found that there was no other information except for the registered subject as "individual".
The reporter checked with Guangxi Admissions and Examinations Institute and learned that the WeChat official account named "Guangxi Admissions Examination Net" was not officially established by the education authority, and the name was preempted by individuals.
The reporter combed through the WeChat official account of the education and admissions department of the provincial unit on the WeChat platform and found that it is not uncommon for individuals or companies to preemptively register.
The reporter searched for "Henan Enrollment Examination" on the WeChat official account, and there were more than a dozen official accounts. The first one was the official account named "Henan Enrollment Examination", which was marked with the WeChat certification mark. When the reporter clicked on the registration information of the WeChat public account, they found that the registration subject was "Shaanxi Hongsheng Educational Culture Communication Co., Ltd.". The staff of the Henan Provincial Admissions Office stated that there are only two public accounts, namely the "Henan Provincial Admissions Examination Office" and "Henan Provincial Admissions Examination Information Network".
The reporter searched for the keyword "Shandong Admissions Examination" in the WeChat official account, and a large number of fake official accounts also appeared. For example, it is named "Shandong Recruitment Official Website" and its name is "Official Website", but its registration subject is shown as an individual; the registration subject of the official account named "Shandong Recruitment Office" is also an individual.
Some legal scholars have pointed out that the behavior of individuals and commercial organizations to construct websites in the name of the government is already suspected of being illegal. As an operating platform, the WeChat official account has turned a blind eye to such suspected violations of laws and regulations, which also reflects that there are problems with its supervision.
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"High imitation number" to form an industrial chain platform needs to perform regulatory responsibilities
Name squatting, high imitation of content, and the use of official titles to attract traffic, promote, and profit. The reporter found that, despite the negligence of online platforms, a black industrial chain of high imitation official websites and official accounts has even formed on the Internet. .
It is understood that in order to control the chaos of online self-media copycats and high imitation of official information, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued the "Internet User Account Name Management Regulations" in 2015, which clarified that "the registration of account names for fraudulent use, affiliated institutions or social celebrities" Internet information service providers shall cancel their accounts and report to the competent department of Internet information content."
Zhu Wei, deputy director of the Communication Law Research Center of China University of Political Science and Law: Gao's copycat WeChat official account, I think firstly it violates the cybersecurity law because its information is false; secondly, it violates the related intellectual property rights Regulations, such as copyright law and trademark laws, because its trademark registration intentionally causes public confusion.
Some educational information chemists pointed out that the repeated occurrence of chaos imitating the WeChat official account of the education authority not only reflects the interests of criminals on social networks following the admissions examination market, but also highlights the lack of management and connivance of online platforms. The presence.
During further investigation, the reporter found that behind the proliferation of WeChat official accounts and high imitations, an industry chain has been formed. In order to make profits, some organizations openly advertised high imitations and imitations and operated illegally.
A Taobao seller told reporters that in addition to high imitation of content, the qualifications of WeChat official accounts can also be rented out.
Taobao sellers: You can copy any official account. The WeChat official account name can be changed for 300 yuan each time. The procedures including registration are integrated, and a business license is required.
Reporter: Do you have ready-made ones to rent?
Taobao sellers: Yes, 5000 yuan a year.
Some legal scholars said that for the new social accounts represented by WeChat official accounts, there are counterfeit operations in the black industry chain and repeated prohibitions. The network platform urgently needs to be systematically governed. Through strengthening audits, strengthening process supervision, and account hacking List and other methods to effectively maintain the ecology of the network platform.