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According to a report on the WeChat public account of China Youth Daily on December 26, a netizen recently posted that he found on a second-hand trading platform that someone was selling Canada Goose down jackets that were said to be disaster relief materials from the Gansu earthquake area. The news instantly aroused the anger of netizens, who criticized the relevant departments and their disaster relief work. The Shanghai Charity Foundation, which accepted this batch of supplies, issued a statement saying that the above information was untrue and that the disaster relief supplies were followed up and supervised by dedicated personnel. Relevant second-hand platforms responded that the seller involved fabricated false information to attract attention in order to sell his own down jackets, which was a malicious marketing behavior, and the account had been permanently banned. At the same time, the Civil Affairs Bureau of Linxia Prefecture in Gansu clarified that down jackets have not yet been distributed, and donors are working on the details of material distribution. Materials donated by all walks of life will be distributed to the affected people.
Recently, there have been a lot of rumors about earthquakes and disaster relief. Rumors such as "Relevant departments require the Han Hong Foundation to transfer donations" quickly became hot news. Even though all parties have refuted the rumors, the negative impact has still been formed - "I will never donate a penny again", "high-value materials will never be sent to the victims"... Netizens' comments, some of which are emotional and extreme expressions , some have lost trust in the distribution of disaster relief materials.
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Disaster-related rumors appear frequently, often due to some people maliciously seeking to gain popularity, deliberately fabricating or distorting facts, and bringing in private goods; some people use it to gain a sense of presence and gain followers for their self-media accounts. For other purposes, they irresponsibly consume the disaster situation and follow the trend; the relevant information is not clear and the release is not timely, which temporarily fails to meet the public's information needs and provides some people with opportunities to spread rumors; there have been problems in some local disaster relief efforts in the past Insufficient, it also provides some people with room for "imagination".
Disaster-related rumors can easily create opposition in public sentiment and tear apart trust. As the Han Hong Foundation said in a statement to refute the rumors: "These illegal and false information have provoked antagonism between the public and the local government and relevant organizations to a certain extent." We cannot sit back and let certain rumors spread to the right and left to create trust. The crisis has chilled the sincerity of caring institutions and people from all walks of life.
(Source: Xinhua News Agency)
It is a top priority to crush rumors and crack down on speculation that exploits disasters. Public security departments in Gansu, Qinghai and other places acted quickly, publishing typical cases of disaster-related rumors, and administratively punishing netizens who spread rumors in accordance with the law, with good results.
It should be our consensus to understand and support disaster relief and rescue work. There are no rules in . Taking the distribution of disaster relief materials as an example, it takes time to count and register, allocate distribution areas, determine the priority of people receiving materials, and arrange for dedicated personnel to be responsible for transfer, docking, and storage. However, this is a necessary procedure for related work and is also responsible for the donors. . The moral slander and groundless slander based on rumors by is also deeply harmful to the frontline staff and volunteers who work day and night in the disaster area - the people in the disaster area need care, and so do they.
Relevant parties should learn lessons and draw inferences from one example. Only by releasing information faster and more comprehensively and responding to public concerns better can the opportunities for rumors to breed and spread be reduced.
Disasters cannot be consumed, and love cannot be trampled on. Disaster relief cannot only rely on the power of government departments, charities, celebrities and Internet celebrities, but also requires "support from all parties when one party is in trouble" and the participation of the whole people who gather armpits, sand into towers, and fingers into fists. Not listening to rumors, not believing rumors, and not spreading rumors is not only a kind act of protecting caring people and institutions, but also maintaining the cornerstone of "as long as everyone gives a little love, the world will become a beautiful world."
Source: China Engineering Network
