Today, April Fool's Day (the 1st), all kinds of rumors are circulating, including fake news that 'the rock of Seorak Mountain has fallen' again.



Several Internet communities have been posting articles since last night stating that '11 American tourists who dropped Seoraksan Rock were arrested on charges of damaging cultural assets and violating the Cultural Heritage Protection Act.'



After writing a plausible incident, when the rocking rock fell at the end, it made a huge roar, and the roaring sound was 'bullshit'.



The start of the rocking rock fake news goes back 21 years.



In 2001, as the story of the crash of Shaking Rock in the Seoul bond market circulated, dozens of phone calls were made to ask about the truth to such an extent that the employees of the Seoraksan office could not go to work.



The story of the rocky rock crash changes little by little as the years go by, and on April Fool's Day, it goes up and down the Internet as a 'fishing-related article'.




In 2020, as the 'fall of the Seoraksan rocking rock' was ranked at the top of real-time search terms on major portal sites, the Seoraksan National Park Office explained, "The rocky rock is alive and well."



This year, netizens reacted, saying, “I was deceived again” because of the recent disappearance of Jeong Sang-seok, who was on the mountain peaks in the northern part of Gyeonggi Province, this year.



According to the Seoraksan Office, the fake news of the rock falling down until last year was at the top of the search terms until last year, and there were occasional calls, but it was reported that there were no inquiries so far this year.



Meanwhile, on an Internet site, not only fake news about the fall of the rock, but also fake news from various fields such as politics, economy, society and culture are constantly being uploaded.



It frowns on the death or disappearance of presidents and celebrities around the world.



“Repeatedly distributing information that causes fear or anxiety may be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 10 million won under the Information and Communications Network Act,” said Dae-gyu Kang, a lawyer at Korea Central Law Firm. he warned.



He added, "Even a seemingly light prank call can be punished according to the Misdemeanor Punishment Act," he said.



(Photo=Portal site and Facebook capture, Yonhap News)