Recently, a so-called "traffic police punishment information" about "driving a motor vehicle and touching the breasts of a female passenger in the passenger seat while driving dangerously" was circulated on the local Internet in Luzhou, Sichuan. Netizens have questioned, "Is there really such a penalty provision?"
Reporters learned from the Luzhou police that this was a false online message produced by PS; the suspect Liu was suspected of spreading rumors to disrupt public order, and the Yudai of the Longmatan Branch of the Luzhou Public Security Bureau The He Police Station has investigated his summons in accordance with the law.
In order to attract more people's attention, at 14:12 on November 23, Liu made the above content into a video and uploaded it to a short video platform, which attracted netizens to watch. Subsequently, some netizens called the Luzhou traffic police department for consultation, which attracted the attention of the police. The Luzhou traffic police refuted the rumor, saying, "There is no such description in relevant legal provisions. This behavior is publishing fabricated and fabricated information."
Because Liu was suspected of spreading rumors and disrupting public order, the Yudaihe Police Station of the Longmatan Public Security Bureau summoned him in accordance with the law. investigation. Liu confessed to his illegal behavior and promptly deleted all false videos and pictures. Because the circumstances were minor, he took the initiative to eliminate the social impact. Liu took the initiative to write a letter of guarantee after being criticized and educated.
The crime cost of spreading rumors on the Internet is very low. You only need to sit on your computer and mobile phone to type a paragraph and then post a picture that is fake and real. However, the legal price paid for this is not light.
Modern network information spreads very fast and the amount of network information is huge. Anyone can publish all kinds of speech and information on the Internet. However, if the authenticity of the speech and information is not verified, it will inevitably lead to misleading the public. or an invasion of another’s privacy. Therefore, when publishing and disseminating speech and information, you should avoid straying into legal restricted areas.
If you spread rumors, lie about dangers, epidemics, police situations, or deliberately disrupt public order in other ways, or openly insult others or fabricate facts to slander others, it does not constitute a crime, and you must follow the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law" and other provisions Administrative penalties such as detention and fines may be imposed.
The legal basis is: Article 25 of the "Public Security Management Punishment Law" stipulates: "Anyone who commits any of the following acts shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than five hundred yuan; if the circumstances are relatively minor, A person shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan: (1) Spreading rumors, falsely reporting dangers, epidemics, police situations, or deliberately disrupting public order in other ways; (2) Placing false explosive, poisonous, radioactive, or corrosive materials Substances or dangerous substances such as infectious disease pathogens that disturb public order; (3) Threatening to commit arson, explosions, or dropping dangerous substances to disturb public order." Therefore, if rumors are spread, the public security organs can punish the perpetrators in accordance with the above provisions.
