There are several points to note about Internet rumors:
I. Categories of Internet Rumors
1、Internet disaster rumors
To fabricate information about the imminent occurrence of a certain disaster, or to fabricate or exaggerate the harmful information of a disaster that has occurred, to cause public panic and disturb the social order and economic order.
2、Internet Terrorism Rumors
It refers to the fabrication of terrorist information or information about events that endanger public safety, causing public panic, disrupting social order, arousing public dissatisfaction with government management, and affecting social stability.
3. Internet Personal Event Rumor
Refers to the fabrication of eye-catching false information against certain individuals, which infringes on the privacy of the person concerned and causes negative impacts or even economic losses to the person concerned.
4. Internet crime rumors
It refers to fabricating appalling or outrageous criminal information, causing public anger and fear, triggering public dissatisfaction with the government, government workers or certain groups, and also affecting the reputation of the person concerned and disrupting their normal life.
5、Internet food and product safety rumors
It refers to fabrication or exaggeration of quality problems of a certain type of food or product, causing public resistance to such food or product to loss of such food or product producers and sellers.
Second, how to identify rumors
1. The authority of the article release
Observe the end of the article to see if it is signed or labeled with the source, and determine whether it is released by authoritative media or institutions to avoid being biased by the author's subjective conjecture.
2. Objectivity of the content
When reading the article, you should pay attention to whether there are exaggerated facts, generalizations, out-of-context quotes, remarks, and untitled expressions.
3、Healthiness of the browsing page
In order to attract attention, some platforms set pornographic and pompous pictures as the cover, or the pages contain a lot of advertisements, links to online novels and other unhealthy content.
How to resist Internet rumors
1、Obey the law, consciously resist Internet rumors
Consciously abide by laws and regulations and social ethics, do not create rumors, do not believe rumors, do not spread rumors, do not spread illegal information on the Internet, do not use the Internet to infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of others.
2、Strengthen the identification and awareness of Internet civilization.
Enhance the recognition of rumors and false information on the Internet, clarify the concept of right and wrong on the Internet, use civilized language on the Internet, advocate civilized style, and strive to be a messenger of civilization on the Internet.
3、Protect information and standardize civilized online speech and behavior.
Enhance the awareness of self-protection, do not disclose personal information at will, protect their privacy and security, do not publish, reproduce illegal, illegal network rumors audio and video information on the network, regulate civilized speech and behavior, spread civilized ideas.
4、Actively report and fight against cybercrime
Attention to hot social events, participate in community discussions at the same time, if you find suspected rumors, actively report to the platform or relevant departments, resolutely fight against illegal and criminal activities on the network, and actively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the state, society, the collective and individuals.
Police tips:
The Internet is not a place outside the law. China's relevant laws and regulations to combat network rumors and other illegal and criminal acts have made specific provisions, violators need to bear the corresponding civil, administrative and criminal liability.
For the fabrication, dissemination, dissemination of rumors, the public security organs will be severely cracked down according to law.
Diankou Police Station