The Ministry of Public Security deployed a special campaign to crack down on online rumors.

　　Cctv newsAccording to the website of the Ministry of Public Security on April 14, in order to effectively purify the network environment and crack down on network rumors according to law, the Network Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security recently deployed a 100-day special campaign to crack down on network rumors.

In recent years, there have been frequent network rumors and chaos in some social hot events, which have seriously disrupted the network order. The special action will adhere to the combination of crackdown according to law and comprehensive rectification, focus on the prominent problem that online rumors disrupt the order of cyberspace, crack down on a group of organizers, planners and main implementers who maliciously fabricate and spread online rumors, crack down on a group of "network water army" gangs who use hot events to divert rumors and illegally make profits, rectify a group of Internet companies with prominent online rumors according to law, clean up and shut down a number of illegal online accounts, resolutely curb the frequent occurrence of online rumors, and earnestly safeguard national political security and overall social stability.

The relevant person in charge of the Network Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security said that the public security organs will always adhere to the people-centered development thinking, and in accordance with the idea of "opening the way and promoting governance by fighting", while cracking down on rectification according to law, they will further strengthen the comprehensive management of network ecology with relevant departments, form a strong synergy of network governance, better protect the legitimate rights and interests of the people, and strive to make the people’s online security more substantial, secure and sustainable.

Public security organs remind the masses, purify the network environment and crack down on network rumors, which requires the joint efforts of the majority of netizens. I hope that the majority of netizens will keep rational thinking, improve their awareness of prevention, actively resist online rumors, and work together to build a clear network home.