People's Daily Online, Beijing, July 3 (Xiao Jinbo, Wang Chenyu) In June of this year, the annual college entrance examination had just ended, and the four-year "World Cup" was coming as scheduled, and a lot of rumors also followed. "The composition shocked the whole country" and "Chinese Football Association Officials' World Cup Luxury Box" triggered heated discussions. Rumors related to the "6·28" Shanghai Pubei Road knife murder case were widely circulated, and rumors of pictures and videos of unknown origins involving fights, pornography, etc. were spread in many places and were banned repeatedly. The "Truth Seeking" column will take you to review the rumors in June and be wary of "hot spots" in rumors.
1. College Entrance Examination Rumors
The college entrance examination will be held on June 7. The college entrance examination results will be announced in various places in mid-to-late June. Students who have been in poverty for more than ten years have ended the first important battle in their lives. With the college entrance examination receiving such high social attention, it is inevitable that rumors will follow. These rumors often carry the keyword "college entrance examination", and the content involves "number one scholar", "leaked questions", "zero score essay", "missed the college entrance examination", "lost the admission ticket", "cannot get into a key university with high scores", "suicide after failing the college entrance examination", etc. Some rumors even involve scams, such as "checking scores in advance" and "paying to attend prestigious universities".
In fact, there are patterns in these rumors. First, exploit public nervousness. , such as "You can't get into Tsinghua University and Peking University with a score of 700", "Leaking questions", "Paying money to go to prestigious universities", etc. are all reflections of "unequal education" and "unfair examinations" and cater to the public's emotional venting of "social injustice". Secondly, use people's "empathy" psychology. Rumors such as "missed the college entrance examination", "lost the admission ticket", "suicide after failing the college entrance examination", can easily arouse people's sympathy and resonance, and thus receive a large number of reposts.
1. "Amazing masterpiece - Essay with zero score in the college entrance examination"
[Rumor] Just after the college entrance examination ended, various "essays with zero score in the college entrance examination" began to appear on the Internet, such as "Chinese Style Balance" and "New Era and New Youth - Talking" Articles such as "Growing Up in the Development of the Motherland" were widely disseminated, with words such as "a sensation across the country", "a stunning masterpiece" and "it made me cry".
[Truth] After investigation by reporters, the widely circulated zero-point essay "Chinese Style Balance" was rumored in 2013. The article was not a real college entrance examination essay. The article "The 2018 College Entrance Examination Zero Score Essay is Freshly Released, Come and Feel It" published by a game WeChat public account on June 8th contains college entrance examination essay questions and answer sheet fragments from multiple provinces. However, there is a large section at the end of the article. Advertise its gaming products. Another article "The first 0-point essay in the 2018 Beijing College Entrance Examination: New Era and New Youth - Talking about Growing Up in the Development of the Motherland" was published as early as June 7. The end of the article also involves commercial promotion, and the article is on other websites was also published, only the commercial promotion paragraph at the end was changed.
2. “You can’t get into Tsinghua University and Peking University even if you score 700 points in the college entrance examination ”
[Rumor] After the college entrance examination results were announced, the local WeChat group in Hunan circulated information saying, “It’s really unbelievable. There are 157 students in Hunan Province who scored more than 700 points in the college entrance examination this year, and a total of 168 bonus points. There are actually 24,000 people with a score of 600 or above. Even those with a score of 700 can't get into Peking University and Tsinghua University. That's awesome. It's a real education province! The number one scholar in Shanxi ranks 269th in Hunan, the number one scholar in Jiangxi ranks 168th in Hunan, the number one scholar in Fujian ranks 153rd in Hunan, the number one scholar in Anhui ranks 117th in Hunan, and the number one scholar in Hubei ranks 69th. Look at how difficult it is for children in Hunan! ! Turn around for the children of Hunan...the children are working so hard!”
[Truth] A reporter searched and found that score information similar to this has been spread in many provinces and cities such as Jiangxi, Henan, and Hebei in the past two years. Comparing the versions spread in various places, it can be seen that the previous test score data are basically consistent. The "Comparison of the Number One Scholar Rankings" in the middle is slightly different. In addition to "for the children", the concluding remarks also lamented "How difficult it is for the children!" "China's education needs reform!" "Is it fair as promised?" There is even an advertisement at the end of the article for an intermediary agency to "help with household registration". These false news have been debunked by multiple authoritative organizations.
3. "18-year-old man drowned while swimming with his father after taking the college entrance examination" "The top scorer in the college entrance examination drowned"
[Rumor] Local WeChat groups and Moments in Hunan Changde shared a video of a drowning victim being fished out of a pool. , with an accompanying article saying that the incident took place in " Ding Ling Park " in Changde, and that the drowning victim was "eighteen years old, had just finished the college entrance examination, could swim, and was accompanied by his father."
[Truth] After investigation and verification by the Internet Security Brigade of Wuling Public Security Bureau, Changde, Hunan Province, the drowning accident did not occur in Dingling Park, but in Hanshou County Longzhu Lake Park. The accident resulted in the death of one person. On June 27, Changde police learned from the Hanshou County Public Security Bureau that on June 25, Liu Zhikun, Wang Bing, Li Jie and Luo Liang, residents of Yanwang Lake in Hanshou County, met to play table tennis at the fitness center of Longzhu Lake Park. , about an hour later, Luo Liang suggested going for a swim in the lake in the park. Except for Li Jie who did not go for a walk in the lake, Liu Zhikun, Wang Bing, Luo Liang and other three people swam in the inner lake near Furong Square in Longzhu Lake Park. After that, Liu and Wang came ashore one after another, but Luo Liang was nowhere to be seen. After a night of salvage, Luo Liang's body was salvaged ashore at 6 a.m. on June 26.
[Rumor] A video of a teenager drowning was circulated on the Internet, with the text " Duchang The top scorer in the college entrance examination in Duchang County, Mingshan Township Genius Zili scored a high score of 686, and received the admission notice from Tsinghua University the day before yesterday. "Unfortunately, I went to bathe in the pond with my friends and drowned yesterday." This rumor was "reposted" and spread under different place names in Longchang, Sichuan, Qiyang, Hunan and other places.
[Truth] On June 28, the "Jiujiang Duchang Release" announced that after verification with the County Education and Sports Bureau, Mingshan Township Government and other units, the drowning incident did not occur in Duchang. Police from the Internet Security Brigade of the Qiyang County Public Security Bureau also refuted the rumor, saying that there were no high school graduates involved in the three recent drowning accidents in Qiyang County, and the content of the post was a rumor.
4. Guangdong Dongguan A certain school’s college entrance examination comprehensive science questions were leaked
[Rumor] On June 10, some netizens reported that a school in Dongguan, Guangdong had leaked science comprehensive questions in the 2018 college entrance examination.
[Truth] On June 13, the Dongguan Municipal Education Bureau announced: "In response to the leaked comprehensive questions from the 2018 College Entrance Examination of a school in Dongguan on June 10, the Municipal Education Bureau attached great importance to it and immediately formed a special working group with the public security department to carry out the investigation. Investigation. Several experts were organized to compare the online practice test papers with the 2018 College Entrance Examination Comprehensive Science Test Papers, and the experts unanimously agreed Because the content of three questions in the practice test paper is similar to that of the college entrance examination paper, after further analysis, some similar questions are derived from the college entrance examination simulation questions and practice questions in recent years, and it is basically determined that they do not conform to the characteristics of the college entrance examination leaked questions. The team carefully checked all aspects of collecting, escorting, and storing the college entrance examination papers in our city this year. All aspects were operated in a standardized manner, and no leakage of questions was found. "
2. World Cup Rumors
The World Cup, which is held every four years, affects the hearts of countless fans. Similar to the topic of "College Entrance Examination", rumors about the "World Cup" also have some commonalities. relies on the hot spot of "World Cup" with keywords such as "gambling", "national football", "fans", etc. Paired with videos, pictures, etc. with vague information, it caters to the audience's psychology and can be widely disseminated.
1. Losing money in World Cup gambling and jumping off a building
[Rumor] From June 17th to 19th, Hainan Qionghai , Sichuan Chengdu, Jiangsu Nanjing and other places Weibo and Weibo Different versions of videos and text messages about "Jumping off a Building after Losing Money in World Cup Gambling" are circulating in letter groups and Moments. The content of the video is a different scene of "suicide by jumping off a building", and the text distributed is "A man in a certain place jumped off a building while gambling" and "A man continued to commit suicide". I lost more than 3 million in gambling and it's all gone" and so on.
[Truth] It has been verified that the video of "Sichuan Chengdu Gambling Jumping from Building" was filmed on December 26, 2017. Du Moumou, a 24-year-old man from Suining, jumped from the roof of Phase 6 Vancouver Garden, Xihang Port, Shuangliu District, and died after being rescued. , the time and place of the incident are inconsistent with the content of the rumors. The rumor that a man jumped from a hotel in Qionghai because of gambling was refuted by Hainan Qionghai police. In the early morning of the 17th, a man did want to commit suicide, but it was because of an emotional dispute with his girlfriend, not because of gambling.The rumor that a man jumped from a building in a community in Dachang, Nanjing, because of gambling was also refuted by the Internet Police in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. There was no incident of jumping from a building in that community in Dachang, Nanjing that day. The video actually occurred on June 14 in Zhengzhou Huanghe University of Science and Technology. A boy, suspected of having emotional problems, stabbed a girl in the girls' dormitory, causing her death on the spot. The boy later fell from the building.
2. "Video of Chinese Football Officials' World Cup Luxury Box"
[Rumor] On June 19, a netizen posted a video of "World Cup Luxury Box" with the text saying "This is the box used by officials from the China National Football Management Center to watch the World Cup." , and also joked that "it's not better than playing football, it's better than eating and drinking."
[Truth] The Information Office of the Chinese Football Association reported on the evening of the 19th that the content of the "Football Officials World Cup Box Video" posted online is untrue. Relevant companies have voluntarily clarified that the video posted online shows their commercial boxes at the opening game of the World Cup and is part of their launch activities during the World Cup. During the World Cup, football is a hot topic. I hope that while enjoying the World Cup, everyone can appreciate more the passion and charm of football matches and lessen the slander and malicious ridicule of Chinese football. The development of football cannot be separated from everyone's understanding and support.
3. "'6·28' Pubei Road Knife Murder Case" Rumor
Emergencies will also bring rumors. Because factors such as "children" and "knife killings" were involved, after the "6·28" Pubei Road knife murder case, people had many speculations about the cause of the incident, and relevant personnel made many speculations, which became the basis for rumors.
[Rumors] After the "6·28" knife murder on Pubei Road, "The suspect was expelled from the school because of his daughter, and the 750,000 sponsorship fee was not returned, triggering retaliation", "The suspect is a school staff member" ”, “More than 2 people died” and other messages.
[Truth] According to the Shanghai police report: After the "6·28" Pubei Road knife murder, "the suspect was expelled from the school because of his daughter, and the 750,000 sponsorship fee was not returned, triggering retaliation" and "the suspect" appeared on the Internet "They are school staff" and "The number of deaths is more than 2" are both false information. After police investigation, the eight people involved in the case who fabricated and spread rumors were investigated and dealt with in accordance with the law. The criminal suspect Wu Moumou, male, 26 years old, is a real estate agent who has been publishing business information through his personal WeChat official account for a long time. According to his account, in order to expand the reading volume and influence of his WeChat official account and improve his work performance, he pieced together and published false information on the WeChat official account such as "the suspect's children were persuaded to quit, and the sponsorship fee was not returned to retaliate", confusing Audio and video, triggering a large number of reposts and causing negative social impact. After arriving at the case, Wu Moumou confessed to the facts of his illegal crimes. On June 30, Wu Moumou was criminally detained by the public security organs. On the same day, the Shanghai Cyberspace Administration coordinated with relevant departments to cancel Wu Moumou’s WeChat public account.
4. Pictures and videos from unknown sources, rumors
Pictures and videos from unknown sources often become widely circulated rumors. These pictures and videos have something in common: 1. Important information such as the time, location, and people of the video is unclear; 2. The content is closely related to people’s lives or involves violence and pornography; 3. It contains some content that exceeds the knowledge reserve and social experience of ordinary individuals. "Elements of Fact". The pictures and videos in rumors such as may be image processed and video edited to create special effects; or the original videos may be paired with different landmark information, making it difficult to easily falsify, and then quickly and widely implemented through social platforms such as Moments and WeChat groups. spread.
1. "Two traffic policemen practiced Sanda on the street"
[Rumor] Starting from June 10, a news that " Shenmu Two traffic policemen performed Sanda on the street" was released in Shenmu local self-media. The article quoted multiple screenshots of the video. In the picture Two men who appeared to be dressed in traffic police uniforms had a physical conflict on the street and even lay down on the ground and beat each other, with crowds of people watching.
[Truth] On the evening of the 10th, the official Weibo accounts of "Shenmu Traffic Police" and "Yulin Traffic Police" both posted rumors refuting the rumors. The two traffic policemen in the video circulated online were not Jinjie Squadron policemen, and the place of occurrence in the video was not in Shenmu City.The reporter verified that on June 8, the Weibo of the "Fourth Brigade Directly Affiliated to the Mianyang Municipal Public Security Bureau" had reported the content of the video in detail. The incident actually occurred in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. The report mentioned that the incident occurred on June 8. Two auxiliary police officers from the Fourth Brigade directly under the Mianyang Municipal Public Security Bureau had an argument due to work reasons while on duty, which resulted in a physical conflict.
2. " Wuxi Wu'ai Road Naked Girl Indecent Video"
[Rumor] On June 16, a video of a "naked woman making indecent actions on the street at night" circulated in local WeChat groups and Moments in Wuxi. Some netizens speculated that it was "because I drank too much during the World Cup."
[Truth] After investigation by the Wuxi Internet Police, the incident actually occurred in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province. The Taizhou Internet Police issued an incident report in the early morning of the 16th. Starting from 7 a.m. on the 15th, local WeChat groups and Moments began to spread this indecent article. video and issued a photo of a woman’s ID card. After investigation, it was found that the video occurred on Gongren Road, Jiaojiang, Taizhou in the early morning of the 15th. The Jiaojiang police have now identified the woman. After preliminary investigation, it was found that the woman, surnamed Zhang, had been suffering from mental illness for three or four years and had received treatment, but her condition was unstable and similar situations had occurred before. Zhang has now been sent to the hospital by his mother to continue receiving treatment. In addition, the woman’s ID card photo circulated online is false information.
3. “The delivery boy’s throat was cut by an earphone cord”
[Rumor] Recently, a video with the text “The delivery boy’s throat was cut by an earphone cord” has gone viral with different place names. In the 7-second video, two electric cars fell on the road. An electric car driver wearing a yellow takeaway suit fell to the ground in front of the car and couldn't help twitching. Another electric car driver wearing blue clothes fell to the ground in front of the car. The suspects slowly got up from the ground. Both of them had blood stains on their bodies. People around them were shouting "Call 110 quickly" in dialect. There was no "throat cutting with earphone cord" in the video. This video was widely circulated on Weibo and WeChat with different street names in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, Luohe, Henan, Kaifeng, Shaanxi, Zhangzhou, Fujian and other places.
[Truth] Shijiazhuang Internet Police posted continuous reports on Weibo on June 26 and 27. At noon on June 25, 2018, the police received an accident report about a collision between two electric vehicles about 200 meters southbound on Donggang Road, Jianhua Street, near the entrance of Nanwang Village. One of them was seriously injured, with a broken collarbone and a scratch on his head. hurt. The injured have been sent to hospital in time. After the accident, relevant videos circulated on the Internet. Some people claimed that the injured person's throat was cut by the earphones he was wearing. Some Weibo certified accounts even claimed that the earphone cord cut the throat. However, in fact, the earphone cord did not cut the throat.
