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Yan Qiuqiu/Wen
In the past few days, two screenshots in WeChat Moments have caused a stir.
A picture is a chat record, stating that there are cases of doctors soliciting prostitution and departments organizing prostitution in Renji Hospital. As a result, Renji Hospital reported to the police. This morning, the police reported that the information circulating online was a rumor, and the fabricated person was administratively punished by the police in accordance with the law.
The other one is an on-site map. A child on Shanghai Metro Line 2 had a high fever and convulsions, but someone left a message under the post, spreading rumors that someone was indiscriminately killing someone. Finally, the police found out that this person fabricated false information in order to gain traffic, and the rumormonger was ultimately detained administratively.
In the Internet era, the sharing mechanism, interaction mechanism and the "endless" characteristics of the Internet have led to more and more people eating melons. If there is not enough "melons", "making melons" becomes a choice for some people. Little did they know that such actions had already broken through the bottom line of the law.
The above two rumors have had a significant impact on the normal operation of Renji Hospital and Shentong Metro. After the rumor emerged, the leadership of Renji Hospital immediately launched an internal investigation, preliminarily identified the rumor mongers, and promptly issued alarm information. Shentong Metro quickly took action and asked the platform staff to stand up, recall the details of the scene, and explain the rescue situation.
It can be said that such a tense state should not occur. But if it weren't for the sufficient crisis public relations awareness of Renji Hospital and Shentong Metro, if it weren't for the strong handling of Pudong police and rail transit public security, and if it weren't for the timely debunking of rumors by mainstream media, including this newspaper, then these two rumors are highly likely to be "overwhelming" and implanted in people's hearts, with unimaginable consequences.
The cost of spreading rumors is very low for rumormongers, but in order to refute the rumors and respond to the two "out of nothing" netizens' "just come and say", they have paid a lot of social costs in all aspects.
Throughout history, both at home and abroad, there have always been many people who enjoy talking nonsense. However, in the past, the stage of the chatterbox was on the streets and alleys. Nowadays, people have learned to use smartphones. In the era of mobile Internet, everyone has a microphone, and everyone is a publisher, so there is a mixture of good and bad.
These past few days, I have seen many people discussing these two pictures with great interest. Now that the results are out, I can't help but face it myself. Someone has summed up the experience that when you see something strange on the Internet, you might as well wait and let the bullet fly for a while. If you eat "melons" happily, regardless of its authenticity, over and over again, what impression do you have in the eyes of others?
In addition to the "melon eating masses", we must also see that in the Rubik's Cube of traffic, whether it is media or self media, the topic setting must bear social responsibility. Not making headlines, not being overly entertaining, seeking more evidence, and thinking rationally from different perspectives, firmly holding the bottom line that "truth is the life of news".
Of course, the platform also has a responsibility. Is the design of platform rules "traffic first" or "traffic oriented"? The Internet always needs originality and high-quality information. However, what should be pushed and what should not be pushed, to prevent traffic fraud, and to use technological means to reduce "something out of nothing", seems to be the rightful meaning of platform dissemination.
After two days of hustle and bustle, looking back at these two rumormongers, I can't imagine any other adjectives besides "the ignorant are fearless.". Whether it is administrative detention or administrative punishment, they are all stains on life. The characteristics of the mobile Internet determine its rapid and extensive spread, as well as its traceability. Eating melons should be reasonable and legal. Otherwise, you may become someone else's "melon".
