What signal does it send? The "Melon-eating Group" is also fake... The latest report from the public security department, "Qinlang" is fake
Not long ago, the Ministry of Public Security announced 10 typical cases of cracking down on online rumors and crimes. The incident of "primary school student Qin Lang leaving his winter vacation homework in Paris" which once caused heated discussion was among them and was found to be staged. Immediately afterwards, the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau reported the results and typical cases of special actions to combat online rumors. It not only mentioned that criminals were maliciously hyping up the incident of a missing girl on Pudong Beach through "clickbait propaganda" and "shock the body", but also introduced the "Internet The rumors-spreading behavior of "Navy Army" and "Melon-eating Group".
Based on relevant cases, we can see that there are both "old routines" and "new trends" in online rumors. While the public security departments and cyberspace departments are cracking down on rumors, netizens should also pay attention to the "signals" sent by the notifications and improve their The ability to identify and avoid becoming an "accomplice" of criminals unintentionally.
First of all, we must realize that "staged photos" are still the main form of online rumors. We must be cautious about all kinds of "bizarre" stories on the Internet.
Among the typical cases that have been reported recently, "losing winter vacation homework in Paris" and "feeding instant noodles to the hospitalized mother-in-law" are all typical staged fakes. In order to gain attention and deceive traffic, criminals write scripts, fabricate plots, and then shoot short videos. Rumors such as "down jackets to aid the earthquake-hit areas in Gansu were resold on second-hand platforms" and "the father of the girl on Pudong Beach is her stepfather" are also "staged" in nature and belong to the category of "one picture at the beginning, and the content is all made up."
Analyzing "staged photos" rumors, it is not difficult to find that "review of ugliness," "review of evil," "bizarre plots," "regional differences" and "trampling on moral bottom lines" are often their themes. Such rumors spread widely by catering to the sentiments of some "keyboard warriors." The income or potential income brought by traffic makes rumor makers flock to it, constantly making false claims and polluting the network environment.
Secondly, most of the "melons" in "eating melons" are unreliable, and the "eating melons" are full of traps.
Combined with the "staged photos" and rumors, it can be found that many "melons" are tailor-made for the "melon-eating masses". Although they are related to social hot spots, they have nothing to do with the truth and are just to attract fans and traffic. For this reason, when the Shanghai police reported the fraud of the "Melon Eaters", they specifically reminded the public that when it comes to sensitive topics and hot events, they should pay attention to verify the authenticity of the information through multiple channels and angles, and "let the bullets fly for a while."
What needs to be more careful is that some "melon-eating groups" not only spread rumors, but are also profit-making tools for criminals. Jinan, Shandong Province once investigated a "melon-eating case": criminals created more than a thousand so-called "melon-eating groups" and spread various pornographic rumors and videos in the groups. Taking advantage of the exponential effect of communication, each "melon-eating group" attracts as few as 500 followers and as many as 2,000 followers. Then, the criminals sell the "melon-eating group" to the lower reaches of the gray industry at a price of 1.2 yuan to 1.5 yuan per group member, and finally divert the traffic to the voice live broadcast platform, inducing the "melon-eating crowd" to become the audience of the "edge" live broadcast. The illegal gang that formed the "Melon-eating Group" made profits of more than 1 million yuan.
In fact, according to laws and regulations, forming or joining a "melon-eating group" may not only violate public security regulations, but may also violate criminal laws, constituting the crime of fabricating and deliberately spreading false information, spreading obscene materials, organizing the broadcast of obscene audio and video products, etc. Therefore, "eating melons" outweighs the gains and losses, and "eating melons" should be avoided.
Among the typical cases reported, several are related to artificial intelligence. Some are MCNs using artificial intelligence to generate false articles in batches and spread them through hundreds of self-media accounts; some are individual netizens using artificial intelligence to concoct sensational accident news.
Current artificial intelligence technology can indeed imitate various writing styles, including news, official documents, etc. To a certain extent, this reduces the cost of counterfeiting, so criminals flock to it. In the face of this new trend, we must not only attack from the source - standardize the use of technology, standardize platform release, and clearly indicate "artificial intelligence generation"; we must also prevent it from the end - remind more netizens that documents with official seals are not necessarily official documents. What is called "media" is not necessarily the media, and pictures and videos do not represent the truth.
The Internet is not a lawless place. The recent centralized briefings show the resolute attitude of government departments in combating rumors. But on the other hand, staged rumors of "new wine in old bottles", hot rumors in the "melon-eating group", and the use of artificial intelligence to concoct rumors also reflect the complexity of rumor management. Building a clean cyberspace requires a multi-pronged approach. While cracking down on rectification, it is also inseparable from netizens improving their online literacy.
In short, netizens should neither believe in various "rumors" or "strange stories" on the Internet, nor forward relevant information at will. Otherwise, you are likely to fall into the trap of the rumor makers, and either become a tool for "traffic profiteering", or you will fall into traps such as spreading rumors and online fraud.
