The Central Cyberspace Administration of China deploys the special action of “Crackdown on Internet Rumors and False Information”

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In order to thoroughly clean up online rumors and false information and create a clean and upright online environment, in accordance with the overall arrangement of the “Qinglang” series of special actions in 2022, the Central Cyberspace Administration of China has decided to launch a three-month nationwide “Qinglang” campaign from now on. Special Action to Combat Online Rumors and False Information.

1. Work objectives

Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on building a country through the Internet, we will comprehensively and thoroughly clean up Internet rumors and false information, and strive to solve the problem of repeated spread of old rumors and endless emergence of new rumors. Improve and improve the whole process of monitoring, discovery, refutation, and disposal work norms, compact the main responsibility of the website platform, and get through the “last mile” of rumor management. Increase the punishment of rumors and rumors, investigate and expose typical cases, form a strong deterrence, squeeze the living space of online rumors and false information to the maximum extent, and create a clear online environment.

2. Tasks

Adhere to the combination of content management, behavior management, and subject management, focus on key platforms, key links, and key sections where problems occur frequently and frequently, effectively intensify efforts to clean up and rectify, establish and improve a normalized governance mechanism, continue to maintain high-pressure and strict management, and ensure special rectification. Get real.

(1) Adhere to classified research, judgment and disposal. First, rumors and false information involving major meetings, important events, and important policy announcements, as well as insults and defamation of heroes and martyrs, and blasphemy and denial of the deeds of heroes and martyrs, must be dealt with strictly and quickly. The second is to actively urge relevant departments to strengthen positive responses, clarify facts, and respond to concerns regarding public emergencies such as production safety, transportation, and natural disasters, especially rumors and false information concerning dangers, epidemics, disasters, and police situations. Third, regarding rumors and false information in the fields of society, economy, and people’s livelihood, it is necessary to strengthen communication with relevant departments, promote timely dispelling of rumors, and prevent the spread of the rumors and mislead the public.

(2) Increase traceability and accountability. The first is to urge the website platform to strengthen the construction of technical means, improve the ability to trace the source, deal with and punish the platform account of the first rumor and false information according to the nature of the problem, and strengthen the containment at the source. The second is to formulate and improve the punishment rules for online rumors and false information, and take measures such as warnings, bans, and permanent bans according to the severity, whether it is first published, and the number of retweets. The third is to blacklist account subjects who first published bad rumors, spread rumors many times, and used rumors for malicious marketing and hype. If the circumstances are particularly serious, the entire network is prohibited from registering new accounts. The fourth is to regularly focus on reporting the exposure, disposal and punishment, and publicize typical cases of violations of laws and regulations to form a strong deterrent.

(3) Improve and perfect the mechanism for refuting rumors. First, the China Internet’s joint rumor-defying platform organizes the website platform to conduct a thorough investigation of existing rumors and false information, label them, and organize relevant departments to accurately identify new rumors and false information, and label them in a timely manner after identification. The second is to require key websites and platforms to set up a column for refuting rumors, timely forwarding the authoritative information of the China Internet joint rumor-refuting platform and relevant departments, and comprehensively push and present it. The third is to display important rumor-refuting information in a timely manner at the top of the comment. When searching for rumor-related keywords, the rumor-refuting information will be highlighted in the search results, and social groups will strengthen reminders and warnings to expand the coverage and reach of authoritative information. The fourth is to study and improve algorithm recommendation rules, and accurately push relevant rumor-refuting information to users who have been exposed to rumors and false information to improve the effect of rumor-refuting. The fifth is to strengthen coordination with relevant competent departments, improve working mechanisms such as information notification, clue transfer, and joint disposal. When major online rumors occur, jointly release authoritative information, clarify facts in a timely manner, and respond to public concerns.

(4) Consolidate the main responsibility of the platform. First, do a good job in stock disposal, supervise the website platform to implement management requirements, and investigate and dispose of identified rumors and false information as soon as possible to prevent repeated spread. Guide the platform to establish a sample database, update and improve it in a timely manner, use technical means to compare and match, and do a good job in interception and disposal. The second is to do a good job of incremental containment, strengthen daily monitoring and analysis, take the initiative to verify the information from non-authoritative sources with great influence and wide dissemination, identify and deal with it in a timely manner, and strive to eliminate new rumors and false information in the bud. The third is to strengthen the monitoring and reporting of online rumors and false information clues, and the website platform will conduct routine monitoring and clue collection on a regular basis, and report them in a timely manner as required. Fourth, key website platforms should set up special reporting portals for online rumors and false information, refine the classification standards, mobilize the majority of netizens to actively report, and provide extensive evidence and clues.

3. Job requirements

(1) Improve ideological awareness. All local cybersecurity and informatization departments should fully recognize the importance of launching a special campaign against online rumors and false information, and make careful deployment, careful organization, and solid progress. It is necessary to carefully sort out the platform links with high incidence of territorial problems, formulate detailed work plans, and do a good job in the implementation of special rectification tasks to ensure effective work.

(2) Comprehensive investigation and rectification. It is necessary to urge local key website platforms to set up special work classes, keep an eye on key presentation areas, comprehensively investigate problems and loopholes, improve technical levels, improve working mechanisms, strengthen content review management, and ensure that all tasks of the special campaign are implemented in detail.

(3) Strengthen supervision and accountability. All localities should organize the evaluation and assessment of the effects of special actions, establish work ledgers, and carry out special supervision according to the severity of the problem and the implementation of rectification. Strict punishment and accountability shall be carried out for website platforms with insufficient implementation of special action requirements and outstanding problems.

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