In the era of "everyone has a microphone" on the internet, if online rumors appear, their spread will no longer be limited to specific groups of people or specific time and space, and their speed of spread will increase exponentially. If online rumors are allowed to spread freely, it will seriously disrupt the order of cyberspace and even cause social panic.

Legal publicity on cracking down on online rumors
In the era of "everyone has a microphone" on the internet, if online rumors appear, their spread will no longer be limited to specific groups of people or specific time and space, and their speed of spread will increase exponentially. If online rumors are allowed to spread freely, it will seriously disrupt the order of cyberspace and even cause social panic.
01 [Definition of Online Rumors]
Online rumors refer to malicious individuals using domestic and foreign websites, social platforms, and other online media to spread false information that has no factual basis and is offensive and purposeful.
02 [Categories of Online Rumors]
01 Rumors of online disasters
Fabricating information about an impending disaster, or fabricating or exaggerating the harmfulness of a disaster that has already occurred, causing public panic and disrupting social and economic order.
02 Internet Terror Rumors
Fictitious terrorist information or information about incidents that endanger public safety, causing public panic, disrupting social order, causing public dissatisfaction with government management, and affecting social stability.
03 Rumors of Cybercrime
Fabricating shocking or outrageous criminal information, causing public anger and fear, triggering public dissatisfaction with the government, government officials, or certain groups, while also affecting the reputation of the parties involved and disrupting their normal lives.
04 Online food and product safety rumors
Fabricating or exaggerating the quality problems of a certain type of food or product, causing public resistance to such food or product, resulting in losses for the producers and sellers of such food or product. 
05 Rumors of Personal Events on the Internet
Fabricating eye-catching false information about certain individuals, infringing on their privacy, causing negative impacts and even economic losses.
03 [How to Identify Rumors]
Internet rumors have the characteristics of exaggerating the severity of events, taking them out of context, and transplanting them. How to distinguish whether the events you see are true can be judged from the following perspectives:
1. The authority of article publication. Pay attention to whether there is a signature or attribution at the end of the article, and determine whether it is published by authoritative media or institutions to avoid being biased by the author's subjective speculation.
2. Objectivity of content and viewpoints. When reading, attention should be paid to whether the article exaggerates facts, makes biased generalizations, takes out of context, makes extreme statements, or is off topic.
3. The healthiness of browsing pages. Some platforms set pornographic, exaggerated, and other types of images as their covers to attract attention, or their pages contain a large amount of unhealthy content such as advertisements and links to online novels.
04 [Related laws and regulations]
Article 25 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Public Security Administration Punishments: Whoever commits any of the following acts shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days and may be fined not more than 500 yuan. If the circumstances are relatively minor, he shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan:
（1） Spreading rumors, falsely reporting on dangerous situations, epidemics, police situations, or intentionally disrupting public order by other means.
（2） Placing false explosive, toxic, radioactive, corrosive substances or infectious disease pathogens and other dangerous substances to disrupt public order.
（3） Threatening to set fire, explode, or release dangerous substances to disrupt public order.
Article 105 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China: Whoever incites subversion of state power or overthrow the socialist system through spreading rumors, defamation or other means shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, detention, surveillance or deprivation of political rights; The ringleaders or those who commit serious crimes shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years.
Article 221 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China: Whoever fabricates and disseminates false facts, damages the commercial reputation or commodity reputation of others, causes significant losses to others, or has other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years or criminal detention, and shall also, or shall only, be fined.
Article 246 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China: Whoever publicly insults others or fabricates facts to defame others by violence or other means, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, detention, surveillance or deprivation of political rights.
Article 291 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China: Whoever fabricates false dangerous situations, epidemics, disasters, or police situations, spreads them on information networks or other media, or knowingly spreads false information on information networks or other media, seriously disrupting social order, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, or public surveillance; Those who cause serious consequences shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.
Zhuji Public Security Bureau Diankou Police Station announces