On February 16th, the blogger "@thurmancatcup" with tens of millions of fans posted a video, saying that she found two domestic first-grade winter vacation homework books in Paris, France, and shouted from the air "Qin Lang, Class 8, First Grade" ". It triggered a craze for "looking for Qin Lang" across the entire network.
Afterwards, some netizens left a message in the comment area saying: "Qin Lang, from Xichang Primary School, the version is the same, he should be my student." In addition, an account "Yang Baiyi" who calls himself "Uncle Qin Lang" also left a message in the comment area, "Qin Lang , my nephew, Xichang Primary School, Class 8 of the year, thank you, kindhearted person, my nephew’s happy time is always short.”
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter noticed that the “Yang Baiyi” account also conducted a live broadcast and posted a message from my uncle to my nephew After choosing to buy videos of winter vacation homework, many netizens became increasingly convinced of his identity. On February 19, the video of the "Yang Baiyi" account was deleted. After that, the account's homepage showed that it was banned from following and sending private messages due to violation of platform regulations.
According to multiple media reports, reporters interviewed several "Xichang Primary Schools" in China. The school authorities denied that there was a student named Qin Lang in the school. In addition, the owner never showed up. Many people began to question whether "looking for Qin Lang" was just a pretense. Farce shot. At 20:16 on
19, "@thurmancatcup" released a video denying the staged filming, saying that the school name was on the homework and it was not Xichang Elementary School. Moreover, the mother of "Qin Lang who lost his homework" has been contacted, but the other party is unwilling to appear on the scene.
Yi Xu, a partner at Hunan Jinzhou Law Firm, said that if the behavior of an Internet celebrity blogger is deliberately fabricated and staged, it may be false propaganda, leading to misleading the public, and may be suspected of constituting reputation infringement or fraud. If the aforementioned behavior causes actual damage (reputational or economic) to the fabricated Qinlang or related schools and educational institutions, they have the right to seek legal relief.
In addition, the behavior of claiming to be Qin Lang's class teacher or uncle in the comment area may also involve false propaganda and fraud if it is fictitious. Especially if this behavior has a negative impact on others, you may face management penalties from the live broadcast room and external tort liability.
Generally speaking, it may be illegal to introduce fake information. If actual damage occurs, the deceived individual or organization may have the right to take legal measures to pursue liability.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Zhou Lingru and intern Xiang Shiqian
