Hundreds of accounts have been investigated!, Fabricate and distort public policy rumors | China | Account
On the 15th, Cyberspace China released a report titled "The Central Cyberspace Administration will investigate and punish accounts that fabricate and distort public policies in accordance with the law.".
Recently, some online accounts have fabricated and distorted public policy information, misleading the public and profiting from it. The Central Cyberspace Administration has guided website platforms to carry out key inspections and rectification, resolutely cracking down on spreading rumors, and disposing of a total of 373 illegal and irregular accounts. Some typical cases are now reported as follows.
1. Rumors about the stock market essay. An article titled "Summary of the Fiscal and Economic Policy Roadshow" was circulated online, stating that a certain meeting would discuss multiple fiscal and economic policies, triggering a significant reaction in the stock market. This type of typical "stock market essay" rumor, using authority and random speculation, has a very negative impact. We have lawfully closed and disposed of rumor spreading accounts on WeChat platform "Li Xiaofei", Weibo platform "Hippo Epic CL", and Snowball platform "Research Value Plus".
2. Rumors of the "National Leading Group for Strengthening Weaknesses". Some accounts claiming to be the "National Leading Group for Strengthening Weaknesses and Weaknesses" have created false information online, such as "being able to help each city and county obtain government subsidy funds of 1-10 billion yuan", which has disrupted the promotion of urbanization construction work with county towns as important carriers. We have lawfully closed down and disposed of the rumor spreading accounts on Weibo platform, such as "Leading the Pilot Program for Rural Revitalization, Chengmu Palace".
3. Rumors of different groups using different colored social security cards. The so-called science popularization poster circulating online that "social security cards come in four colors" claims that different colors are targeted at different groups of people and have different functions. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has clarified that in some places, when issuing first generation social security cards, colors were used to facilitate the use of social security cards by different groups such as children, the elderly, and employees. At present, the national unified social security card has been issued to the third generation, and there is only one type of social security card without different colors and functions. According to law, Baidu platform "3929737073", Kwai platform "Sally Child" and other rumor accounts have been banned.
4. There is a rumor that Henan flowers cost 490000 yuan to assist farmers in transplanting 2 acres of seedlings. An online account fabricated that "a county in Henan organized 200 cadres, took 3 days, and spent 490000 yuan transplanting 2 acres of rice seedlings.". After investigation, the above-mentioned online rumors quoted agricultural activities and accompanying images from the 2nd Agricultural Folk Culture Festival in Huitang Town, Ningxiang City, Hunan Province on April 14, 2023. The Chinese Internet joint rumor refutation platform has specifically refuted this rumor. According to the law, the first account of the Tiktok platform "Big Corner Materials" has been closed, and rumored accounts such as "bibi blockchain knowledge sharing" on the Bilibili platform and "Shijingfu" on the Zhihu platform have been banned.
5. There is a rumor that obtaining a 'social work certificate' will result in a guaranteed allocation and priority for being admitted as a civil servant. There are rumors that a "social work certificate" can add points to job seekers in the workplace, and even "package allocation" and "prioritize admission as civil servants", inducing the public to pay for training and certification. In fact, according to the National Vocational Qualification Catalogue of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the full name of "Social Work Certificate" is the "Social Worker Vocational Qualification" certificate, which belongs to the level evaluation type of vocational qualification. It is an assessment and recognition of the work level of practitioners in the industry, not an admission type of vocational qualification, and may not necessarily become a "stepping stone" for engaging in social work profession. Therefore, claims such as "guaranteed distribution" and "priority admission as civil servants" are all rumors. According to law, the first account "Textual Research Consultation~Teacher Su" on the Tiktok platform has been closed, and rumored accounts such as "Xiaoxing Xiake 6" on the microblog platform have been banned.
6. Rumors of "rice climbing the mountains". There are some pictures and videos circulating online of building terraced fields on the mountain, which are related to "rice climbing the mountain" and the construction of high standard farmland. After verification, most of them are Zhang Guanli Dai and transplant flowers and trees. According to the person in charge of the Farmland Quality Monitoring and Protection Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, "Rice Climbing the Mountain" is a cultivation technique for hybrid rice that is rain fed and drought resistant. It does not require seedling cultivation or irrigation, and local farmers refer to it as "rice climbing the mountain". These farmlands already exist, and are not what is known as mountain cultivation or deforestation. The initial account "2340807944" on the Kwai platform has been closed in accordance with the law, and rumored accounts such as "Eye Opener" on the WeChat platform and "Village CEO Warrior" on the Xiaohongshu platform have been banned.
7. Rumors of "visual poverty" such as "selling bottles to earn tuition fees". A short video account posted a short video of a little girl in Daliangshan who collects waste bottles every day after school and sells money to pay tuition fees. After investigation, it was found that the little girl was lured into filming. In fact, the school has waived the girl's tuition fees, textbook fees, and homework fees, provided free nutritious lunch, and subsidized her living expenses. Relevant accounts have been strictly dealt with in accordance with the law, and bad accounts such as "Countryside~Sister An Ming" on Tiktok platform and "Goat Charity Action" on Kwai platform have been closed.
The person in charge of relevant departments of the Central Cyberspace Administration stated that they will continue to resolutely crack down on spreading rumors, strictly investigate and punish account entities that release rumors, expose typical cases, and form a strong deterrent. At the same time, relevant departments and netizens are welcome to actively participate in reporting, work together to eradicate the soil of online rumors, and jointly create a clear online space.