Chinese official media rumors say that the sites of popular micro-blogging are harmful to society
rumors online are drugs that users damage and harm to society, state media reported that Chinese officials to redouble their efforts to stem the popular microblogging countries.
A commentary published by Xinhua news official, warned that any damage to the health of heroin and cocaine, Internet rumors are worse because they "pollute the social environment and affect the social order. "
other people online everyday, is titled "Internet rumors are drugs:. Please resist and stay away from them" call for zero tolerance, suggests that "the damage and Society ", such as narcotics do, rumors and traffickers accused of having ulterior motives and" abduction public opinion. "
The intensification of attacks on "rumors" came as officials said they had arrested several people for spreading rumors online and in the middle of the increased controls on microblogs, which have been urging users to register their real names and delete user accounts considered to have crossed the line.
China has 300 million registered users microblog, and while services are censored - lock prevents sensible plan for publication and other materials are often eliminates -. The authorities are more concerned about the speed at which information can spread
microblogs have spread the news of the protests, scandals exposed and became the site of public indignation over the train crash at high speed in Wenzhou this summer.
weeks later, an officer visited the headquarters of Sina, which manages the largest microblogging service, and urged Internet companies to prevent the spread of misinformation and harmful.
Charles Chao, CEO of Sina, said later that it was the establishment of mechanisms to ease over the rumors.
David Bandurski, China, Hong Kong University project of the media, said the new commentary, with its "patina of moral decay," it "helps to stimulate an environment where more easy to deal with ... social media is part of a campaign to put more pressure on microblogs. "
- While some messages are not credible or obviously wrong - that claims of large earthquakes -. Others are much more difficult to evaluate
- Internet users
- Many fear that the campaign against "rumors" is also used to remove sensitive stories and justified criticism of officials. First comment
Bill Beijing-based Internet analyst Bishop said in a blog on the cuts:. "The language of these articles are echoes of the campaign of repression and an earlier age
"Comparisons with drugs and drug trafficking, sometimes to the death penalty in China can be a sign of impending crackdown hard on those who spread rumors on the Internet."
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