On July 28, the CCTV news channel's "Common Concern" column reported on an online rumor incident by the public security organs in Guang'an City, Sichuan Province with the title of "The Truth is Coming· and it is rumored on the Internet that you can "legally" fish during the fishing ban period.
On April 19 this year, when the Guang'an Internet Police patrolled the Internet, they found that someone on the Internet posted a short video, saying that they had obtained a national A-level fishing license, with the words "Brothers, have you applied for a license, don't break the law". The video immediately caught the attention of the police.
The police found that the fishing license supervision department is the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the police first checked the website on the fishing license, which is the China Agriculture and Rural Information Network.
Through the inquiry of the Agriculture and Rural Bureau on handling the fishing license, the Guang'an Internet Police did not inquire about the relevant national fishing license application process and relevant rules and regulations. In particular, there are no provisions for the licensing of fishing licenses involving the natural basins of rivers.
As the Guang'an River is a tributary of the Yangtze River, in order to cooperate with the 10-year fishing ban policy of the Yangtze River, all rivers and streams in Guang'an are closed to fishing in the natural waters from March 1 to June 30 every year, and April happens to be during the fishing ban period. Out of rigor, the police still consulted the relevant departments.
The Guang'an Internet Police consulted the relevant personnel and departments of the local Agriculture and Rural Bureau, including the provincial level, by telephone, and received a reply that the natural river basin is not allowed to handle the relevant fishing licenses, especially the national ones.
According to relevant clues, the police quickly locked up Zhang, who posted the online rumor-mongering video, and brought Zhang back for review.
In the face of police questioning, Zhang, who posted the video, truthfully described the process of making and issuing the so-called "fishing license". Zhang said that the reason why he concocted such a rumor was actually to show off on the Internet.
In response to Zhang's illegal act of fabricating and spreading online rumors, the Guang'an Internet Police imposed an administrative punishment on Zhang in accordance with the law. In addition, due to the timely handling by the police, the online rumor video did not cause widespread dissemination and retweet.
After analysis, it is found that the routine of online bloggers advocating a certain rumor-mongering can be roughly divided into the following steps:
Step 1
First, use the network template to make the so-called "phishing certificate" to spread it on the Internet and attract attention.
Step 2
Label the name and website address of the government unit on the certificate to endorse the fake certificate and increase the credibility of the rumor.
Step 3
Add the words "don't break the law" to the text of the video to guide netizens to believe that fishing can be legal with a license during the "fishing ban period".
The Internet Police will continue to crack down on illegal and criminal acts that disrupt public order by spreading rumors in accordance with the law, and ask netizens to use the Internet in a civilized manner in accordance with laws and regulations, consciously resist online rumors, and jointly create a clean cyberspace.
Source: Cyber Security Bureau, Ministry of Public Security