It is urgent to crack down on the "network water army" and fight against it

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What to do if the water army floods? Legislation, law enforcement, regulation, all are indispensable.

Zhang Ying

I don't know if you have such an experience, on the Internet to see a certain product, browsing the review found the same "praise", so decisively placed an order. After getting your hands on it, eh, it is completely different from what the review said, at this time you know that you have entered the pit, and the pit for you is those who brush the praise, we commonly call the "network water army".

"Network water army" is not a strange word, in some film and television reviews, product evaluations, traffic data, there are "network water army" active in it. Recently, there are reporters undercover network water army group, further unveiled the operation mode of the water army, in this investigation report "one yuan a praise, the more genuine the comment, the higher the reward" can be seen that the network water army has long been from the previous post "irrigation" evolved into the implementation of paid deletion of posts, false comments, rumors and drainage, fake news media extortion and other illegal and criminal acts.

From the simple "irrigation" to the illegal behavior, of course, behind the profit drive. It is also this kind of interest-driven that makes the network water army increasingly show the characteristics of organization and hierarchy, and form an industrial chain. For example, the dispatch of the network water army has a boutique group that specializes in providing high-quality posts and comments, and there are also ordinary task groups that are neatly copied and pasted; above the grass-roots water army, there are "administrators" and "big bosses", etc., and the organization is strictly divided.

What are the dangers of cyber trolls? Disrupting market order, forming unfair competition, affecting the credibility of the commodity system and even the healthy development of the industry, but also making it impossible for people to form correct and effective information judgments, especially some public opinion water army, reversing black and white, confusing right and wrong, and crazy with rhythm, which not only leads to false public opinion, but also makes it very easy for some unknown netizens to listen to biased beliefs, which eventually leads to the emergence of online violence. There have been such examples before.

What to do if the water army floods? Legislation, law enforcement, regulation, all are indispensable. At the beginning of this year, the "Provisions on the Administration of Information Services for Mobile Internet Applications (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)" officially solicited opinions from the public, and the regulation of the network water army was more perfect at the level of laws and regulations. In addition, public security, internet information and other departments also need to strengthen supervision and law enforcement, each network platform should strengthen the main responsibility, and individuals should improve their ability to distinguish. Even if the "water army" has thousands of troops and horses, as long as we form a joint force, we can make them "turn over on their horses."

[Editor-in-charge: Yang Xingdong]

[Source: Hunan Daily· New Hunan Client]