The Ministry of Public Security held a press conference on July 7 to report on the overall results of the special action to crack down on online rumors, and Zhang Junbing, second-level inspector of the Cyber Security Protection Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, introduced at the meeting that in the next step, while severely cracking down on illegal crimes of online rumors in accordance with the law, the public security organs will also make great efforts to strengthen the rectification of website platforms and seriously investigate the parties responsible for the publication and dissemination of online rumors.
A reporter at the meeting asked that in recent years, in some hot events with high social attention, the phenomenon of online rumors has often appeared, which has made the whole society deeply hated. Excuse me, what are the reasons for the breeding of such illegal and criminal acts, and what arrangements will the public security organs make after this special operation?
In this regard, Zhang Junbing said that in the work of the public security organs, they have found that in some social hot events in recent years, there has often been a large number of online rumors, and even some public opinion incidents are caused by online rumors, which not only affects the harmonious and clear environment on the Internet, but also infringes on the legitimate rights and interests of individual citizens and disrupts social order. The reasons for this are mainly the following factors: First, in order to attract the attention of netizens, some self-media deliberately create hot spots and burst public opinion, so as to achieve the purpose of attracting fans and attracting traffic, increasing advertising revenue, earning platform subsidies, and even live streaming goods; Second, some "online troll" gangs "create hot spots", "rub hot spots" and "lead rhythms" by fabricating and disseminating false information, or hype sensitive case events to divert traffic for profit and carry out extortion; Third, under the objective factors of information asymmetry, some netizens are easily biased by rumor information, forming a "siphon phenomenon" of misleading information, objectively promoting the spread and spread of rumors; Fourth, individual website platforms are not in place to implement the main responsibility for network security, resulting in the spread of a large number of online rumors and online violent speech.
Zhang Junbing stressed that at present, the special operation to crack down on online rumors is about to end, and in order to continue to maintain a high-pressure and severe crackdown situation, the public security organs have included the rectification of online chaos, including online rumors, online trolls, and online violence, into the summer public security crackdown and rectification operation, and continue to carry out key crackdown and governance. In the next step, while severely cracking down on illegal and criminal online rumors in accordance with the law, the public security organs will also make great efforts to strengthen the rectification of website platforms, seriously investigate the parties responsible for the publication and dissemination of online rumors, especially the platforms and accounts that fabricate and spread online rumors will further increase the intensity of punishment, eradicate the soil for the breeding of rumors in accordance with laws and regulations, cut off the chain of rumor transmission, create a clear and orderly online environment, and resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the people.