The Ministry of Public Security announces 10 typical cases of cracking down on and rectifying online rumors. Public security organs | Rumors | Internet
CCTV News: Today, the Ministry of Public Security announced the second batch of 10 typical cases of public security organs cracking down on and rectifying online rumors.
In April 2023, a rumor that had been officially debunked spread extensively on a short video platform in Hunan, with a total of over 2.06 million views and 83000 shares shared, causing a negative social impact.
According to the relevant provisions of the Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China, the public security organs have imposed an administrative penalty of ordering rectification and imposing an administrative fine of 100000 yuan on the short video platform in accordance with the law.
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On the same day, the public security organs in Yunnan and Henan also investigated and dealt with the online rumor case of Zhao and Cao who fabricated "female Internet celebrities went to northern Myanmar to show their love and were threatened not to return home", and Jiangsu public security organs investigated and dealt with 9 other cases of Wu who fabricated the online rumor case of "primary school students were killed by teachers". The relevant suspect have been subject to administrative punishment or taken criminal coercive measures, and the online account for rumor making has been closed or banned.