Hitting hot spots, picking emotions, hyping disasters and causing panic -- A summary of the rumor refutation list of China's Internet joint rumor refutation platform in August 2023

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Recently, the Chinese Internet joint rumor dispelling platform combed and analyzed online rumors in August. The online data monitoring and netizen reports of that month showed that the number of false information related to rainstorm, flood control and disaster relief increased; Using official names and fabricating public policies are also prominent. In addition, hot topics such as Japan's nuclear contaminated water discharge into the sea and fraud in northern Myanmar also breed some rumors that mislead the public and cause negative effects.

Create panic by talking about disasters. At the beginning of August, under the influence of typhoon "Dussuri", the continuous heavy rainfall in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei caused floods. Some netizens, in order to attract eyeballs and rub traffic, fabricated and spread rumors such as "the continuous heavy rainfall led to the collapse of Lugou Bridge", "Beijing Fangshan Blue Sky Rescue Team raised money from the society"; During the flood control and disaster relief in Zhuozhou, Hebei Province, there was false information that "civil rescue teams need 'invitation letters' for cross provincial rescue", which confused the facts and was not conducive to the rescue and disaster relief work. In addition, the rumor that "four people in Shanghai Gucun Park were killed by lightning under a tree to shelter from rain" is a typical graft, which deliberately creates sensational news to create panic; "The 'earthquake cloud' predicted the earthquake in Pingyuan County, Dezhou, Shandong Province" and other pseudo science popularization once made a hot search. In fact, geological and meteorological experts have refuted the rumor many times, and the "earthquake cloud" has no scientific basis.

Fabricate public policies and mislead the public. In August, some people used hot spots in the property market, banks, funds and other fields to fabricate public policy information in the official name to create confusion and make money through fraud. For example, the so-called "depositors whose deposits exceed 1 million yuan will be permanently frozen", "the central bank has issued new rules: relevant certification materials should be presented when handling large deposits" and other news spread in the circle of friends, with the title of "amazing bank decisions", "major bank reforms", and under the vague banner of "insiders of banks", "financial experts", "insiders" and other vague names, Misleading and deceiving the public, which is confusing and harmful; By forging the official seal of the unit, providing false certificates and other means, the lawbreakers registered and fraudulently used the name of the central enterprise to commit fraud. Several central enterprises, such as the National Energy Group and China Resources Group, have issued timely statements on "combating fraud" to remind the public to be wary of being cheated; There are also rumors such as "the price of cigarettes has risen since September 1", "ETC cannot continue to be used, and it will have to be re certified if it wants to resume use". They send SMS, WeChat and QQ messages in the name of an authoritative organization to commit fraud, damage the reputation and credibility of the official organization, and are suspected of committing crimes.

Hype social hot spots, causing negative effects. In August, there were a lot of hot topics in the society. Some We Media exaggerated the facts and even maliciously hyped them by taking advantage of the public's concern for hot social events, which had a great negative impact on the society. For example, the Japanese government, regardless of the firm opposition at home and abroad, has brazenly started the discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea, and the food safety issue has attracted much attention. Some people made money dishonestly and took the opportunity to spread false information such as "Fukushima nuclear contaminated water was discharged into the sea, and salt was unsafe to eat", which induced people with unknown facts to follow the trend and hoard salt, seriously disrupting the normal market order. When the topic of fraud in Northern Myanmar Telecom continued to rise, someone fabricated and spread the rumor that "a company in Chongqing cheated employees to Northern Myanmar in the name of overseas group construction", maliciously hyped and created panic, causing adverse social impact. In addition, false information or exaggeration, such as "a large number of houses without supply in Shenzhen" and "Qingdao Railway Station is out of service", were created out of thin air in an attempt to attract attention and influence social trust.

September ushers in the opening season, the service trade fair, the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Teachers' Day and the Mid Autumn National Day "Double Day" holiday. Topics involving important events, education and teaching, festival consumption and other fields will attract more attention, and the fabrication and dissemination of false information may increase. The China Internet Joint Rumour Rejection Platform reminds the general public to be more vigilant, enhance their ability to distinguish rumors and their awareness of prevention, and not be deceived by rumors and lies.

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