Internet celebrity's rumor that "primary school students lost their winter vacation homework in Paris" has come to an end. The person involved was administratively punished and his account was blocked. With the rise of short videos, some bloggers are making up scripts for traffic, and they are willing to make misfortunes and spread rumors to attract attention. What are the penalties for posing and falsifying short videos?
On April 12, the blogger involved released an apology video, and the relevant platform displayed the prompt label
The picture came from a screenshot of Douyin
The "Qin Lang lost his homework" incident was fabricated
The blogger apologized, and his account was blocked
In February this year, there were tens of millions of fans A blogger posted a video saying that he picked up two winter vacation homework books for domestic first-year students in Paris, France, and shouted "Qin Lang, Class 8, First Grade". After the video was released, related topics quickly became hot searches, and the blogger's short video account also gained 700,000 followers and tens of millions of likes within 4 days. During this period, video bloggers who called themselves "Uncle Qin Lang" and "Teacher Qin Lang" left messages under the video.
The picture comes from the video screenshot
Later, some netizens questioned the authenticity of the incident of losing homework. On February 19, "Uncle Qin Lang" admitted that he staged the photo, his account was banned, and the video was removed from the shelves. On April 7, the Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Department announced ten cases of online rumors, including this case of fabricating online rumors that "my nephew lost his winter vacation homework in Paris". It is reported that "Uncle Qin Lang" has been administratively punished by the Nantong Police in Jiangsu Province.
On April 12, Hangzhou police issued a notice regarding the incident of "picking up the lost homework book of primary school student Qin Lang in Paris, France", saying that the video was planned and fabricated by blogger Xu Moumou and his colleague Xue Mou, and the two people and their company have been prosecuted in accordance with the law. impose administrative penalties.
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Some netizens said that the Internet celebrity’s behavior betrayed the trust of netizens, and some netizens suggested that the account be banned. Currently, multiple platform video accounts of parties have been banned. Why are
posed short videos repeatedly banned?
In recent years, short videos have developed rapidly. The 53rd "Statistical Report on China's Internet Development Status" shows that as of December 2023, the number of online video users in my country has reached 1.067 billion, an increase of 36.13 million from December 2022, and the usage rate is 97.7%. However, behind this, some chaos also breeds. In order to attract fans and traffic, some short video bloggers do not hesitate to resort to fraud and even violate legal red lines. These videos are of various types.
[Creating conflicts]
html On March 15, a conflict caused by an "emotional dispute" occurred at the intersection of Jinjiang District, Chengdu City. In the video, several young men and women were arguing fiercely next to a luxury car, causing crowds to watch. The relevant video quickly spread online. After investigation, it was found that the conflict was planned and fabricated by six employees of a car sales company and employees of a car rental company, and organized to shoot videos and spread them to the Internet platform. The police reported that this behavior seriously disrupted public order, and those involved were subject to administrative penalties.
The picture comes from the Chengdu Public Security WeChat public account
[Creating Anxiety]
html On March 30, the police v. @江宁波波, a police officer in Nanjing Jiangning District, posted a long post on Weibo saying that a netizen showed him a post on a certain platform called Video of "Wasabi Yangzi" internet celebrity. The video mentioned by netizens is a 46-second video titled "Don't be too nice when you go out." "Mustard Boy" plays multiple roles in the video. It tells the story of a strange little girl passing a note to the heroine. The heroine couldn't see the words on the note clearly. After looking closer, she smelled the "mystery" on the note. "Soul Potion", resulting in a situation where the mobile phone was defrauded. @江宁波波 named and criticized the video: "In just a few dozen seconds, it almost turned into a hodgepodge of rumors about Ecstasy that I have been talking about for so many years." Subsequently, the relevant video blogger issued an apology.
The picture comes from a screenshot of the video platform
[Sell misery to gain sympathy]
In January this year, a short video of "211 Graduation Man Was Retrenched and Delivered Food Without His Wife" attracted attention. However, after investigation, it was found that the news was not true. The man involved was not a graduate of 211 College, and the screenshot of his income was also fake.
["Positive Energy" Type]
Previously, a video of "a shopping mall security guard catching a baby who fell from a building with his bare hands" was circulated on short video platforms. According to media reports, the person in charge of a security company in Baoji, Shaanxi Province, which released the video, said that the video was a remake of a past incident. The original intention was to spread positive energy, but it was misreported as a hot event after it was first released. Shaanxi Baoji Internet Information Department reported that it has interviewed the person in charge of the self-media account involved in the matter.
[Vulgar “edge”]
Last year, some Internet celebrities took photos or videos of edge-dressing wearing takeout uniforms with stockings, high heels or short skirts, and spread them widely on the Internet in order to attract attention, earn traffic, For personal gain. According to media reports, in order to protect the rights and interests of the delivery riders, Meituan Waimai said it has filed a lawsuit against four Internet celebrities who pretended to be riders to stage false photos and maliciously spread rumors, requiring them to apologize to the delivery riders and compensate for losses.
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These videos are very eye-catching, both in title and content. Some videos only take a few minutes from preparation to production, but they are widely spread on the Internet and even trigger heated discussions. After some videos became popular, bloggers started live streaming to sell goods. For example, in the "Liangshan Mengyang" and "Liangshan Aze" cases that have attracted attention in 2023, behind the "moving stories" are scripts that have already been set. After the account became popular, bloggers used "miserable sales" to bring in goods. Behind these short videos lies a gray industrial chain of manufacturing and selling counterfeit goods, including character creation, content compilation, e-commerce operations, and traffic monetization.
The publishers of these false contents, deliberately blur the boundaries between "staged videos" and "real records" , in order to deliberately make netizens believe them to be true. Because only in this way can we gain attention, get more click-through rates and traffic, and enter the hot list. The platform will also use algorithm recommendations to further promote these works with high traffic after entering the hot list and give these staged photos. Fake short videos have more traffic, so they will spread more widely.
How to deal with fake short videos?
Is it illegal to fake staged short videos? Zhou Zhaocheng, a lawyer at Beijing Anjian Law Firm, said that the behavior of the Internet celebrity in the "Qin Lang lost his homework" incident is suspected of violating my country's "Cybersecurity Law", "Public Security Management Punishment Law" and "Criminal Law" and other laws and regulations.
Among them, the "Cybersecurity Law" clearly stipulates the legal obligations that network operators and network users should abide by, including not producing or disseminating false information. The Public Security Administration Punishment Law stipulates clear penalties for online rumors and other behaviors that disrupt public order.
In addition, if the rumor-mongering behavior is serious, it may be suspected of violating the provisions of the Criminal Law on the crime of fabricating and deliberately spreading false information.
The "Notice on Strengthening the Management of "Self-Media" issued by the Cyberspace Administration of China in July 2023 clearly stipulates that when "self-media" publishes content that contains fictional plots and plot interpretations, website platforms should require their to prominently mark fictional or Deduction tag . website platforms should promptly discover and strictly deal with "self-media" violations . For "self-media" that produce and publish rumors, speculate on hot social events, or publish and spread illegal and harmful information in a matrix that has a negative impact, will be closed and will be included in the platform's blacklist account database and reported to the cyberspace department.
In this "Qin Lang lost his homework" incident, before the account was banned, the relevant accounts of the bloggers involved had been labeled with reminder labels such as "fabrication" and "refuting rumors and apologizing". On April 13, the blogger’s Douyin, Weibo, WeChat and other video accounts were banned.
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2024 is the year of special action to combat online rumors . . According to the Ministry of Public Security, since the deployment of a special campaign to crack down on online rumors in December last year, public security agencies across the country have investigated more than 80,000 clues to online rumors, investigated more than 10,000 online rumor cases, and arrested more than 1,500 suspects. , administratively punished more than 10,700 people, and carried out public rumors more than 4,200 times. On April 12, the Ministry of Public Security announced 10 typical cases of cracking down on illegal crimes related to online rumors.The "Qin Lang lost his job" incident was announced by the Ministry of Public Security as a typical case of combating online rumors. Read more >>> "Winter vacation homework was lost in Paris", which was announced by the Ministry of Public Security as a typical case of combating online rumors
In addition, the Central Cyberspace Administration of China insists on the goal of clearing up the cyberspace and continues to carry out a series of special operations of "clearing and clearing". It is reported that the "Qingming" series of special actions in 2024 will focus on 10 rectification tasks, including focusing on rectifying issues such as "self-media" creating hot spots and creating "information traps", attracting followers and making profits without a bottom line.
Some experts said that controlling false information in fake videos is a comprehensive task, which requires law enforcement agencies to increase law enforcement, platforms to strengthen self-discipline and supervision, and audiences to continuously improve their identification capabilities. Social supervision needs to be strengthened and producers to improve their capabilities. (Counterfeiters’) illegal costs. The most fundamental thing is to control it from the source, cut off the relevant interest chains, so that those who make fake videos and promote false information cannot obtain economic benefits, and even bear adverse economic consequences, so as to jointly create a clean and upright online environment.
Integrated from the official WeChat account of China Netcom, @安西湖, @zhou Zhaocheng Lawyer, CCTV News, Workers Daily, Beijing News, etc.
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