“
The act of forging "People's Daily Online articles" should not stop at criticizing and condemning, but should also follow the vine and find out the truth.
”
Text丨 Li Qinyu
Recently, actor Xin Yuxi broke the news that "Qin Xiaoxian of Deyun Club has split his legs many times", which attracted the attention of netizens. On October 3, an article entitled "Vulgar Hype Attracts Attention, Exploding "Melon" Culture is Not Advisable" was viciously hyped on the Internet under the banner of "People's Daily Online". Some netizens mistakenly interpreted it as "People's Daily Online accused Xin Yuxi of breaking the news of vulgarity" and "secretly supporting Qin Xiaoxian".
After that, Xin Yuxi revealed on Weibo that this website was forged by a man's fan, "I have touched the legal red line, and I have chosen to call the police as soon as possible." People's Online Commentary also issued a solemn statement saying that People's Daily Online did not publish this article, which is an outright "deck" trick.
Many netizens may not know or care about the rights and wrongs between Qin Xiaoxian and Xin Yuxi, and they don't even know who these two are, but it is really surprising that some fans have forged "People's Daily Online articles": The fan circle has been emboldened to such a point?
On the one hand, some fan circles and fan circles have regarded fake media as a new means to manipulate public opinion, calm public opinion, and seek benefits. The more authoritative, credible, and influential the media, the more likely it is to be targeted by some people with ulterior motives and used as a tool.
On the other hand, the average age of the current fan base is younger, and there are many minors among them. In the case of a relative lack of legal knowledge and social experience, it is possible for them to know the authority of the People's Daily Online, but they do not know the consequences of forging "People's Daily Online articles", so that they are hot-headed and take risks.
Recently, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued a notice to deploy a three-month special action of "Qinglang · rectify the illegal development of Internet news information services", focusing on rectifying five types of outstanding problems, the first of which is "compiling and distributing false and untrue news information...... maliciously tampering with, taking quotes out of context, patching and editing, synthesizing and falsifying news information, misleading the public".
Some fans must be reminded that impersonating the media to fabricate news, spread false information or engage in vulgar hype is likely to commit the crimes of defamation, picking quarrels and provoking trouble, fraud, etc., under the Criminal Law, and may not only bear criminal liability, but also face heavy fines. If it causes economic losses or mental harm to the media or the public, it must also bear civil liability.
It is also worth asking, is there a planner or organizer behind it? Judging from past cases, the chaos in the fan circle is ostensibly the unconscious behavior of individual fans, but behind the scenes, it does not rule out that there are "black hands" in the chain of interests. Judging from the news, the fake article uses the extremely deceptive URL "society.people.com.cn.lblhky.com", with the intention of confusing the real with the fake. If you are really a minor who is not deeply involved in the world, I am afraid that you may not be able to do things so "professionally". Therefore, we should not stop at criticizing and condemning the act of forging "People's Daily Online articles," but should also follow the path and find out the truth.
Regarding the purification of the ecology of the fan circle and the correction of deformity and star chasing, the whole society has already formed a consensus, and many practical measures have been taken in all aspects, but judging from the act of forging "People's Daily Online articles", the madness brought by the fan circle culture is still shocking. Some netizens asked, they dare to pretend to be People's Daily Online, what do they plan to do next?
In this regard, this matter has gone beyond the scope of "eating melons", not only touching the bottom line of law and public morality, but also may trigger a crisis of social trust and deteriorate the field of public opinion. If authoritative media are likely to be used as a tool for personal gain, it will only turn cyberspace into a miasma, which is absolutely not allowed.
Therefore, the fans involved should carefully weigh what serious consequences will be brought about by the crazy act of falsifying media articles; If there are organizers and planners behind it to confuse the public, they should also pay the price for their illegal acts.
Typesetting|Gan Qiongfang
The Paper Commentary's exclusive manuscript shall not be reproduced without authorization