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The rumor on the internet that "a fight broke out on the street in Fengxian District, Shanghai"? The truth is that the blogger fabricated the facts to attract fans and traffic.

2024-08-12

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Recently, a blogger in Fengxian District, Shanghai, released a short video of "someone hacking and killing each other in the street", and also claimed that the incident was caused by personal grudges. The video attracted a lot of attention as soon as it was released. Is this video real? What is the truth of the matter?

On May 26 this year, Shanghai police discovered during an online patrol that someone had posted a short video claiming that a street hacking incident had occurred in Fengxian District. From this 11-second video, it can be seen that the screen shows traffic police wearing reflective vests, fallen shared bicycles and snack carts, and an ambulance parked not far away.

It can be seen from the video that the person who filmed the incident did not stop when he passed by the scene, but he said "someone was hacked" in the video, and also marked the video with the words "mutual hacking for grudges". In order to verify the relevant situation and find out the truth as soon as possible, the police immediately launched an investigation into the video.

Wang Jiawei, a police officer from the Cyber ​​Security Brigade of the Fengxian Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau:After investigation by our detachment, we found that the video was a traffic accident that occurred in Fengxian, in which a car hit a mobile vendor and a cyclist.

The police checked and found thatThe so-called "grudge-slashing" incident was actually an ordinary traffic accidentPublic video shows that at around 9:40 p.m. on May 26, at the east gate of Xinmin Wangyuan in Fengxian District, Shanghai, a motor vehicle suddenly hit a bicycle and a mobile vendor on the roadside, causing the cyclist to be injured and bleeding, and the mobile vendor's stall was damaged. After investigation by the police, it was confirmed thatThe traffic accident was caused by the driver driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcoholThe injured people were not seriously injured.

Wang Jiawei, a police officer from the Cyber ​​Security Brigade of the Fengxian Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau:After the accident, the owner of the car took the initiative to negotiate with the vendor and the injured cyclist.There were no conflicts or disputes or so-called mutual hacking during the whole process.

The blogger passed by the traffic accident scene

Making videos to fabricate facts

An ordinary traffic accident was exaggerated by a blogger, and turned into a "slashing" incident. The police investigation found that the rumor spreader was just passing by the place after the traffic accident and did not know the cause and consequences of the accident. So who is the rumor spreader who made up this "slashing" rumor? What is his purpose in doing so?

Based on the rumor video, Shanghai police quickly found the rumor poster Qian and summoned him to the local police station for questioning. According to Qian's confession, the so-called "grudges and mutual hacking" content he posted was all fabricated, and he did not know the specific cause of the traffic accident.

Wang Jiawei, a police officer from the Cyber ​​Security Brigade of the Fengxian Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau:When he was leaving get off work, he passed by the scene of the traffic accident and found a man lying on the ground and bleeding. He imagined that both parties were "slashing each other out of grudges" and then posted the video on the Internet platform.

The police confirmed through reviewing public video thatAfter the traffic accident, Qian passed by the scene on an electric bicycle. He slowed down and took videos while walking. During this process, Qian did not stop to understand the specific situation.Afterwards, Qian posted the 11-second video he had filmed online, adding some fabricated words about "mutual grudges".

Wang Jiawei, a police officer from the Cyber ​​Security Brigade of the Fengxian Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau:He happened to see an accident with chaos and blood, so he thought he could film it and post it on his personal account.Attract traffic and increase followers, and then you canSatisfy your vanity

In response to Qian's illegal behavior of fabricating and spreading online rumors, the Shanghai police imposed administrative penalties on Qian in accordance with the provisions of Article 25, Item 1 of the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China".

Uncovering the rumor-mongering methods of fake video publishers

"Videos" do not necessarily mean the truth! In this typical case of online rumors, the video taken by the online blogger Qian was indeed a scene of an accident, including police, injured people lying on the ground, bloodshed, and ambulances. These elements that can stimulate people's curiosity are combined together and become the so-called "code" for some online bloggers to attract fans and traffic. The reporter found thatThe routines used by online bloggers to spread rumorsIt can be roughly divided into the following steps:

The first step is to choose visually striking events as the basis for the rumor, especially scenes involving violence, conflict or casualties, because these are more likely to arouse the public's curiosity and panic;

Step 2:Deliberately exaggerate or distort the truth, to create a more dramatic and conflicting plot;

The third step is that the bloggers pretend to be eyewitnesses of the incident.Unverified cause and effectIn the case ofFabricating facts at willThe video was posted online.

These are all internet rumors

The sayings "where there is a picture, there is the truth" or "where there is a video, there is the truth" are often misunderstood or abused in the Internet age. Therefore, when browsing the Internet in daily life, we need to be cautious about multimedia information such as pictures and videos to avoid being used by rumor makers. Let's uncover the truth, crush the rumors, and see what other rumors have been fabricated by online bloggers in recent times to attract fans and traffic.

An explosion occurred at the Weibei Gas Plant in Wushan County, Gansu? Rumor!

Recently, the Cyber ​​Security Brigade of the Public Security Bureau of Wushan County, Tianshui City, Gansu Province discovered during their routine online patrols that someone in a community owner group posted a message saying, "The Weibei Gas Plant exploded."

After police investigation, there were no safety hazards at the Weibei Gas Plant in Wushan County. Subsequently, the police summoned the rumor spreader, Ma, to the local public security bureau for questioning. According to Ma's confession, after hearing a loud noise at home,Unverified facts, and posted a message in the owners’ group saying: “The Weibei Gas Plant exploded.”The rumor was quickly spread by the uninformed masses.There are more than 20 WeChat groups with more than 3,000 members in total, which has an extremely bad social impact.

In response to Ma's fabrication and dissemination of rumors, the local police imposed administrative penalties on him in accordance with the law. In addition, the police imposed administrative penalties on nine of the more than 20 people who forwarded the rumor and criticized and educated eight.

Nanping, Fujian: "Many murders occurred in Wuyishan City"? Rumor!

On August 6, the Wuyishan police in Nanping received a report from the public that a netizen had posted a comment on a social platform saying that "murders occurred in Hengjie Street, Wenling Xinjie Street, Dongfeng Street and other places in the city on the evening of August 5." This statement quickly attracted the attention and comments of netizens and caused some panic.

After receiving the report, the police immediately launched an investigation. After verification, no murders have occurred in Wuyishan City recently, and the above content is false information. Subsequently, the police summoned Jiang Mou and seven other people who published the rumor information for investigation in accordance with the law. After interrogation, Jiang Mou and the other seven people truthfully confessed their illegal facts of deliberately fabricating and spreading false information. At present, the case is under further investigation.

Shenzhen labor arbitration “fuse-blown”? Rumor!

Recently, news such as "Shenzhen labor arbitration has been shut down" and "The number of online submissions to the Shenzhen Labor and Personnel Dispute Arbitration Committee has reached the upper limit" have spread on multiple online platforms, causing concern. The Shenzhen Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau said that this news is pure rumor. The screenshots circulating on the Internet are old prompts during the system upgrade at the beginning of this year. At present, the online submission function has been optimized and no limit has been set on the number of submissions.

At present, there is no such prompt on the Shenzhen Labor Arbitration Service Platform, the number of arbitration cases has not seen abnormal fluctuations, and the acceptance and trial work are proceeding in an orderly manner. Citizens can obtain normal services through three arbitration application methods: appointment (on-site) submission, postal submission and online submission.

(CCTV reporter Zhang Gang, Yu Xiang and Wang Wei)

Source: CCTV News

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