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The Ministry of Public Security of China announced a large-scale campaign against the spread of online rumors, which began in December last year. Since then, police across the country have made more than 1,500 arrests and solved about 10,000 cases. Administrative penalties were also imposed on approximately 10,700 people and more than 4,200 fake news feeds on various but relevant topics were refuted.
In particular, influential personalities and bloggers who "maliciously stage photos or fabricate rumors" concerning the coronavirus pandemic and various emergencies were targeted.
In the last round of the operation, social networks and platforms for live broadcasts and short videos were taken under special control. The police closed 63,000 illegal accounts and deleted more than 735,000 posts containing false information and various viral stories.
The Ministry gave ten examples of cases involving the spread of disinformation. One of the most striking cases was the story of an influential girl blogger Thurman Maoibei. In February, she posted a video in which she claimed that a waiter in Paris gave her several textbooks allegedly forgotten by a Chinese boy named Qin Lang. The girl said she would take on a mission to bring them back to the boy in China.
The video went viral and attracted millions of clicks and comments on Weibo, Douyin, and TikTok. A week later, Maoibei told subscribers that she had found the boy's family and returned his textbooks. However, suspicious users suspected the blogger of cheating and, just in case, contacted the police. As a result of the investigation, it turned out that the whole story from A to Z was made up by the girl, and the books featured in the videos were bought by her at a local store.
Administrative sanctions were imposed on Maoibei for deceiving the public, and her story received a wide public response and criticism for destabilizing the order on the Internet. As a result, she was forced to post a video with an apology.
In other cases mentioned by the Ministry of Public Security, individuals were arrested and punished for spreading false claims about other bloggers and using artificial intelligence to create false posts.
Commenting on what is happening, the Chinese edition of People's Daily pointed out that the boundaries of morality and the law should not be violated in order to attract attention and make a profit, emphasizing the need to curb such actions on the part of Internet influencers.
In particular, influential personalities and bloggers who "maliciously stage photos or fabricate rumors" concerning the coronavirus pandemic and various emergencies were targeted.
In the last round of the operation, social networks and platforms for live broadcasts and short videos were taken under special control. The police closed 63,000 illegal accounts and deleted more than 735,000 posts containing false information and various viral stories.
The Ministry gave ten examples of cases involving the spread of disinformation. One of the most striking cases was the story of an influential girl blogger Thurman Maoibei. In February, she posted a video in which she claimed that a waiter in Paris gave her several textbooks allegedly forgotten by a Chinese boy named Qin Lang. The girl said she would take on a mission to bring them back to the boy in China.
The video went viral and attracted millions of clicks and comments on Weibo, Douyin, and TikTok. A week later, Maoibei told subscribers that she had found the boy's family and returned his textbooks. However, suspicious users suspected the blogger of cheating and, just in case, contacted the police. As a result of the investigation, it turned out that the whole story from A to Z was made up by the girl, and the books featured in the videos were bought by her at a local store.
Administrative sanctions were imposed on Maoibei for deceiving the public, and her story received a wide public response and criticism for destabilizing the order on the Internet. As a result, she was forced to post a video with an apology.
In other cases mentioned by the Ministry of Public Security, individuals were arrested and punished for spreading false claims about other bloggers and using artificial intelligence to create false posts.
Commenting on what is happening, the Chinese edition of People's Daily pointed out that the boundaries of morality and the law should not be violated in order to attract attention and make a profit, emphasizing the need to curb such actions on the part of Internet influencers.
