Public security organs will investigate and handle more than 550 cases related to "Internet trolls" in 2022

　　China News Service, January 13. According to the website of the Ministry of Public Security, in 2022, the national public security and network security departments will follow the unified deployment, closely rely on the "Clean Network 2022" special action, cooperate closely with relevant competent departments, and continue to crack down on crackdowns in accordance with the law. "Internet trolls" illegal and criminal activities, investigated and handled more than 550 cases related to "network trolls", closed more than 5.3 million "network trolls" accounts, shut down more than 530 illegal "network trolls" websites, and cleaned up illegal activities on the Internet There were more than 564,000 pieces of harmful information, and obvious phased results were achieved, effectively maintaining the order of cyberspace and the legitimate rights and interests of the masses.

　　—— Severely crack down on illegal crimes related to "Internet trolls" spreading rumors and diverting information in accordance with the law.

With the rapid rise of self-media, short video and live broadcast platforms, some criminals operate a large number of accounts to deliberately fabricate false information to "create hot spots" and "gobble hot spots" in order to attract attention, harvest traffic, and seek profits, seriously endangering the network ecology.

The cybersecurity department of the public security organ kept a close eye on a large number of online accounts that released false information, thoroughly investigated the behind-the-scenes production and operation gangs, and investigated a total of 110 cases related to "Internet trolls" spreading rumors and diverting people.

　　—— Severely crack down on illegal crimes related to "network trolls" public opinion extortion in accordance with the law.

Some lawbreakers set up fake media websites and self-media accounts under the banner of "public opinion supervision", maliciously hype up various information, and even fabricate negative articles, threatening to "delete posts if you pay" and "post if you don't pay". The implementation of extortion and extortion crimes seriously violated the legitimate rights and interests of the people.

The network security department of the public security organ digs deep into the extortion and extortion criminal gangs behind various fake media websites and self-media accounts, and has investigated more than 110 cases related to "network trolls" public opinion extortion.

　　—— Severely crack down on the illegal crimes related to the "Internet trolls" to control the amount of comments in accordance with the law.

Netizens' comments on specific information and products, as well as the number of reposts, comments, and likes, have gradually become important indicators for the public to measure their recognition.

In order to pursue traffic indicators, some companies and individuals purchase paid hype services from "network trolls", which breeds chaos in traffic control and evaluation.

The cybersecurity department of the public security organ kept a close eye on key industries and platforms, and investigated and handled more than 250 cases related to the "Internet trolls" brushing volume control and evaluation.

　　—— Severely crack down on illegal crimes related to paid deletion of posts by "Internet trolls" in accordance with the law.

In recent years, there have been a large number of "network trolls" who provide paid deletion services in the name of "word-of-mouth marketing", "public opinion optimization", "negative suppression" and "image maintenance".

Criminals delete negative online content for various companies and individuals through repeated complaints in batches, background operations with internal staff on the website, repeated contact with posters to harass and lure them, posting positive information to "sink" and "suppress", and even hacking. information, destroying the network ecology and seriously disrupting the order of the market economy.

The Internet security department of the public security organ has conducted in-depth investigations into companies and gangs that have provided paid deletion services for a long time, and has investigated more than 70 cases related to the paid deletion of posts by "Internet trolls".

　　The cyber security department of the public security organs across the country will fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, continue to maintain a high-pressure situation against "Internet trolls" illegal crimes, strengthen cooperation with relevant competent departments, improve the working mechanism, promote comprehensive rectification, and resolutely maintain Cyberspace order and the legitimate rights and interests of the masses.

Public Security Organs Severely Crack Down on 10 Typical Cases of "Internet Trouble" Illegal Crimes According to Law

　　1. Investigating a case of a company in Fujian registering a large number of accounts with forged seals and publishing false information.

The Internet Security Department of the Fujian Public Security Bureau found that a cultural communication company registered and opened a large number of self-media accounts in the name of various false companies by forging its corporate seal. "More than 500 pieces of false information.

The company re-edited the online public information and added titles before releasing it. By promoting it in more than 500 WeChat groups, it attracted netizens to click, so as to earn a commission on network platform traffic.

At present, the local public security organs have arrested 5 criminal suspects, seized 70 electronic devices involved in the case, closed more than 200 self-media accounts, seized more than 200 forged corporate seals used to register self-media accounts, and preliminarily verified that the company was illegal. Profit of more than 500,000 yuan.

　　2. Guangxi investigated and handled the case of Liu Moumou fabricating false information to "maintain account and divert people".

The network security department of the Guangxi Public Security Bureau found that Liu Moumou used dubbing and editing software to tamper with online public information, fabricated false information about hot social events and then released it on the short video platform, so as to catch people's attention and attract fans. After reaching a certain amount, it will be sold at a price ranging from several thousand yuan.

Liu XX successively managed 30 accounts through "rumor-making and drainage", maliciously fabricated and released 79 false video information, accumulated 31.53 million views, 1.37 million likes, attracted 420,000 fans, and made a profit of 3.8 by selling accounts ten thousand yuan.

At present, Liu Moumou has been arrested by the local public security organs and has taken criminal coercive measures according to law.

　　3. Jiangsu investigated and handled the extortion case of "Medicine" series of self-media accounts.

The Internet Security Department of the Jiangsu Public Security Bureau found out that a certain "network troll" group opened multiple self-media accounts in the name of "medicine observation", "medicine alliance" and "medicine academic", fabricated negative articles about pharmaceutical companies and passed their self-media accounts They carried out hype, threatened to delete posts for a fee, and carried out extortion against more than 30 pharmaceutical companies in more than 10 provinces and cities.

At present, the local public security organs have arrested and brought to justice six criminal suspects of the "Internet Water Army" gang, involving more than 4 million yuan.

　　4. Shandong investigates and handles the case of extortion and extortion of the account of the big V on the Internet.

The Internet Security Department of the Shandong Public Security Bureau found out that Lou organized several "Internet Big Vs" in series to publish negative posts of relevant enterprises and institutions on social network platforms to create momentum, forming a hot search for negative topics, forcing the companies involved to be pressured by public opinion and The gang signed a so-called "promotion and promotion contract agreement" and took the opportunity to extort money.

The amount of extortion by the gang in each case ranged from 50,000 to 150,000 yuan, of which Lou was charged 50% of the fee as a contact, and other "Internet Big V" and related personnel were divided according to the number of fans on the account.

At present, the local public security organs have arrested 16 criminal suspects of the gang and seized 27 big V accounts involved in the case. It has been verified that the gang has carried out public opinion blackmail on more than 10 local schools, hospitals, real estate companies and other enterprises and institutions.

　　5. A gang from the Guangdong Investigative Office is reviewing the case for mass control in the live broadcast room.

The Internet Security Department of the Guangdong Public Security Bureau found out that a certain "network troll army" gang used hacking tools to manipulate tens of thousands of online accounts, and specially provided services such as paid false comments, likes, popularity, etc. There were 80 million pieces of fake comment information, more than 100 million views and more than 700 million likes in the live broadcast room.

At present, the local public security organs have arrested 14 suspects of the gang, destroyed 3 crime dens, and seized more than 1,200 mobile phones, involving more than 26 million yuan.

　　6. Investigating and handling a traffic fraud service case of a technology website in Shandong.

The Internet Security Department of the Shandong Public Security Bureau found out that a certain "network troll" group opened a special website to openly sell services such as paid fake likes, attention, page views, and fans.

The gang hired "swipe hands" and used illegal script programs to simulate real users to perform batch operations, and within a short period of time, the value of "transfer, comment and like" of short videos could be pushed to hundreds of thousands.

At present, the local public security organs have destroyed the traffic fraud industry chain related to the website, destroyed 25 related "network trolls" gangs, destroyed 32 crime dens, seized 68 network platforms that produced false traffic, and blocked more than 20 online accounts Ten thousand, more than 3,000 mobile phones were seized, and the amount involved in the case was more than 20 million yuan. Preliminary statistics show that the gang has accumulated tens of billions of false likes, attention, views, and fans.

　　7. A gang in Yunnan Province issued false information to brush up orders and review the case.

The network security department of the Yunnan Public Security Bureau found out that a certain "network troll" gang Chen Moumou and others built a special "swiping" platform and sold more than 20 sub-platforms to Jiang Moumou, Wei Moumou and others, and each branch The person in charge of the platform organizes the paid "order swiping" activity of the "Internet troll". A technology company is responsible for the maintenance of each sub-platform and draws the "maintenance fee" from the amount of swiping orders. "Single" tasks get paid, and each sub-platform gets commissions from it for profit.

At present, the local public security organs have destroyed 30 dens of the gang and its upstream and downstream crimes, seized more than 300 electronic devices involved in the case, involved more than 1 billion yuan of funds, involved more than 4 million false transactions, 25,000 online stores, part-time More than 90,000 people "brushed their hands".

　　8. A gang in Hunan Province issued false information to swipe bills to accuse and review the case.

The Internet Security Department of the Hunan Public Security Bureau found out that Yuan Moumou and others established a number of network technology companies, hired technicians to develop a special "swiping" platform, and recruited and organized more than 120,000 "bills" under the guise of "replenishment" and "part-time jobs". "Swipe hands" is engaged in the "swipe order" business, providing services such as creating false transaction volumes to more than 17,000 home appliance online stores, and earning commissions from them.

At present, the local public security organs have destroyed 9 crime dens, shut down 3 special software platforms, seized more than 450 electronic devices and more than 500 mobile phone cards involved in the case, and frozen more than 260 payment accounts involved in the case, involving a total amount of 470 million yuan.

　　9. Investigating and handling the case of a group in Jiangsu Province providing a paid service to delete online bad record information.

The Internet Security Department of the Jiangsu Public Security Bureau found out that a "network troll" gang registered and established a so-called "credit investigation and credit management company", and used fictitious certification materials, false official document seals, etc. to promote paid Delete bad records service.

At present, the local public security organs have seized and seized more than 110 electronic devices and more than 60 contracts involved in the case, involving more than 5 million yuan.

Through the expansion of the case, 14 "network trolls" gangs engaged in such paid deletion of credit records were identified, and related cases are under further investigation.

　　10. Investigating the case of a company in Zhejiang Province providing a service to delete negative information for a fee.

The network security department of the Zhejiang Public Security Bureau found out that Yang’s gang registered and established a cultural company, built a special platform app for paid deletion of posts integrating "demand, order acceptance, and post deletion", and implemented paid postings in the name of public opinion monitoring and negative suppression. In the criminal activities of deleting posts, by recruiting and hiring "network trolls" to complain, report, and replace to the website, sinking and deleting target posts to seek economic benefits, a total of more than 39,000 post deletion operations were completed, with a total amount of more than 8 million yuan involved.

At present, three people including Yang Moumou have been taken criminal coercive measures by the local public security organs according to law.

　　The public security organ solemnly reminds that the activities of the "Internet troll army" are suspected of crimes such as illegal business operations, picking quarrels and provoking troubles, extortion, forced transactions, and fraud. legal punishment.

Internet platforms must effectively implement their main responsibilities, and e-commerce, self-media, entertainment and other fields must strengthen industry self-discipline, and jointly resist "Internet trolls" activities.

Units and individuals who have been illegally violated by the "network trolls" must report the case in time, and the public security organs will resolutely investigate and deal with it according to law.