Recently, Shanghai media have received reports from more than 0/0 netizens in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, Wenzhou, Guangdong, Nanning, Liaocheng, Suzhou, Jiangsu and other places, saying that the rumors about "a woman infected with SB250 virus died" have been spread wildly in the local area recently. After comparing these rumors in different local versions, the reporter found that the rumors began with "Announcement of XX City in XX Province" and the contents were highly similar. All the deceased were "2 1 year-old women", and the time of death was "2: 00 a.m. yesterday", because they were infected with SB250 virus. Before they died, they all bought grass carp and went home to eat pickled fish. With "12 1 fish pond infected" and "Central 13", this rumor has a trend of "going north", and Tianjin edition and Zhangjiakou edition have been released one after another.
The reporter also found that the rumor of "SB250" virus also appeared in the spread of "Sisters", except that the deceased became a "3 1 year-old twin pregnant woman", and other key information was highly similar.
Whether it is "2 1 year-old girl" or "3 1 year-old twin pregnant woman", many netizens can see at a glance that this is a rumor, because the producers use "SB" and "250" as virus names, which is suspected of playing a prank or even challenging the public IQ. However, when more netizens saw this rumor, they didn't pay attention to the name of the virus at all, only paid attention to the words "virus", "pickled fish", "infection" and "death", and quickly forwarded it. Rumors keep spreading, which I'm afraid those who concoct rumors didn't expect.
Rumors have caused public panic to some extent. At present, authoritative departments in some places have come forward to refute rumors, explaining to the public that they have never heard of the name of the virus, and there is no virus called "SB250" in the virological classification. Don't believe rumors.
Individual rumors have also been punished. In Shunde, Guangdong, 27-year-old Deng Moufen saw the "SB250" virus information from other places on the Internet and felt it necessary to remind others. Then, without any verification, he posted on the Internet that Shunde also had this virus. As soon as the news was sent out, it immediately attracted many netizens to forward it and spread it in full swing, causing unnecessary panic among the citizens. Shunde police quickly intervened, and the suspect Deng Moufen was administratively detained for 5 days for spreading rumors.
Rumor 72 changes, challenging the public IQ! Remind everyone that the internet is not a place of extra-legality, and online rumors have been put in prison. Do not spread unconfirmed news that may cause panic among the masses at will.
So how to quickly identify rumors? Teach you two tricks:
First, determine the subject of news release: check whether the news source is the police, regular media, etc. Be wary of the "partial rewriting" of news by city marketing accounts; If it is difficult to verify, you can contact the local police or media hotline, Weibo, WeChat to verify, or ask the "Shanghai rumor platform" for verification.
Second, identify the source of the news: see if there is a reporter interview, whether there are live pictures or videos, etc. Be wary of a single source of information, and don't rely on a picture or video that can't tell the time and place to confirm the facts.