Sogou input method apologizes what is going on

[Global Network Comprehensive Reporting Reporter Zhao Youping] At 11 o'clock in the morning on February 3, some Sogou input method users received the "earthquake warning for a magnitude 12 earthquake in Xinglong, Hebei." rumor. Today, Sogou Input Method apologized on the official Weibo.

At 12:50 noon on the 3rd, the Earthquake Administration of Hebei Province stated on its official Weibo that some netizens had just received the “earthquake warning information” as shown in the figure below. This is a rumor, don't believe it! At present, the largest earthquake that has occurred since instrumental records is the Chilean magnitude 9.5 earthquake in 1960. The pre-warning magnitude is 12, I really dare to think about it. Screenshot of

@河北省地震局 official Weibo

Many netizens left messages on this Weibo, and many people received it and were frightened. ↓

In the early morning of today (4th), Sogou input method "sincerely apologize" to the affected users on the official Weibo, saying that on February 3, Sogou input method incorrectly pushed an earthquake warning message, causing more than 5000 users After a certain amount of trouble, this function has been urgently offline and will be launched after ensuring that the product reaches the ideal state.

Sogou input method said that the earthquake early warning function of Sogou input method is an earthquake early warning service launched by Sogou and authoritative earthquake mitigation agencies. After the Chengdu earthquake occurred in the early morning of the 3rd, in order to further improve the arrival rate of early warning information, the technical team on the 3rd In the morning, a round of new technology testing was conducted, but because the relevant personnel worked remotely from home and misoperation of the server, the earthquake warning information was incorrectly pushed.

@ Sogou input method microblog screenshot

On January 13, Sogou input method announced the launch of the 10.3 new version of the "earthquake warning" function, which was jointly created and launched by Sogou input method and Chengdu High-tech Disaster Reduction Research Institute.