At the press conference of the Ministry of Public Security on July 7, Li Tong, deputy director of the Cyber Security Protection Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, said that the public security organs have taken measures to further strengthen the supervision of website platforms, continuously improve and improve mechanisms such as access, content review, and accountability in the self-media industry, improve the work specifications for the whole process of monitoring, discovery, refuting rumors, and disposal, and strictly rectify platforms and accounts that spread rumors and spread online rumors. Seriously pursue the responsibility of those involved in the publication and dissemination of online rumors.
At the meeting, a reporter asked, in response to the individuals who concocted rumors on the Internet, some self-media, and some institutions, what measures have the public security organs taken to crack down on and rectify them?
In this regard, Li Tong said that at present, driven by the "traffic economy", some self-media personnel do not hesitate to try the law in order to obtain huge traffic in a short period of time, taking advantage of the public's anxiety, catharsis, sympathy for the weak, onlookers and curiosity, etc., to carry and process, secondary creation, patchwork, Zhang Guan and Li Dai, and even directly spread rumors, provoke netizens' emotions, tear social consensus, and pollute the network ecology, and these behaviors must be resolutely cracked down on in accordance with the law. According to statistics, since the launch of the special operation, public security organs across the country have investigated and handled more than 1000,1 cases of fabricating online rumors for the purpose of attracting attention and attracting fans and attracting traffic, and shut down or banned more than 50,50 online accounts for rumors and rumors. A more typical case is that the Guangdong public security organs investigated and dealt with Chen Moumou's "self-written, self-directed, and self-acting" case of fabricating "being kidnapped for ransom of <>,<> yuan" according to law. In this case, in order to attract traffic and make his online video account quickly gain followers, Chen wrote, directed and acted in a certain place in Shenzhen, Guangdong, and distributed the text of "asking for a ransom of <>,<> yuan". After investigation by the Shenzhen public security organs in accordance with the law, Chen Moumou confessed to illegal and criminal acts. At present, the Shenzhen public security organs have taken criminal compulsory measures against Chen in accordance with the law, and taken measures to ban his rumor-mongering online account.
Li Tong emphasized that the public security organs have taken measures to further strengthen the supervision of website platforms, continuously improve mechanisms such as access, content review, and accountability for the self-media industry, improve the work specifications for the whole process of monitoring, discovery, debunking rumors, and disposal, strictly rectify platforms and accounts that spread online rumors, and seriously pursue the responsibility of relevant parties for the publication and dissemination of online rumors. For example, in a case handled by the Hunan public security organs, a rumor that had been officially refuted spread on a local short video platform, accumulating more than 200 million transmissions and retweeting and sharing more than 8,3 times. After investigation by the local public security organs in accordance with the law, the short video platform was not sound in its network security management system, resulting in a large number of relevant rumors and videos spreading on the platform. At present, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China, the public security organ in Changsha, Hunan Province, has ordered the short video platform to rectify and imposed an administrative fine of 10,<> yuan. In the next step, the public security organs will strictly perform the duties and tasks entrusted by laws and regulations, and resolutely crack down on illegal and criminal acts that rely on rumors to gain attention and attract fans and attract traffic.