Using AI to spread rumors in bulk, a group of water army controlled 114 accounts to hype rumors for profit and was shut down

Comprehensive CCTV news, Shanghai Radio and Television "case focus" news, a few days ago, the Shanghai Internet Information Office announced 2023 "Qinglang Pujiang" network ecological governance special action typical cases. This includes the case of a 4-year-old child lost in Shanghai.Rumors on the Internet, such as "the child was not born by his father" and "this is the second time this year that he has been lost"..

Using AI to spread rumors in bulk, a group of water army controlled 114 accounts to hype rumors for profit and was shut down

According to reports, during the National Day holiday last year, the incident of a 4-year-old girl lost on the beach in Shanghai's Nanhui Xincheng triggered attention all over the Internet. During this period, "the lost girl had been abandoned", "the lost girl's father is a stepfather" and other types of comments frequently triggered heated debate among netizens, some network accounts even concocted conspiracy theories, triggering personal attacks. Upon verification.This information is a rumor..

After the incident, the Pudong police quickly issued a police briefing on the progress and investigation of the incident, and issued rumor information to clarify the facts. The Shanghai Internet Information Office and the public security network security department strengthened the monitoring of online rumors and urged the platform to dispose of the rumors to curb the scope and impact of rumor dissemination. Upon investigation, the incident in whichThere is astart a rumornavy (archaic)The gang made more than 40,000 yuan in illegal profits by registering online accounts in bulk and retweeting the hype.

The report disclosed more information about this group of water army -- false postings by the "giant crab said entertainment", "rice circle entertainment" and so on more than ten self-media accounts, after further investigation found that the account registrants are employees of a network technology company in Shandong. Account registrants are employees of a network technology company in Shandong, who have registered accounts on various platforms.Posting and reprinting posts with high frequency around other national social hotspots, and releasing false and negative information by means of "shocking body", "headline party" and "eye-catching"..

According to the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau net security police Zhang Lin, the company's senior for the company's legal person Li Mou, manager Tian Mou, in the hot events in the organization Zhou Mou and other 6 core writers.Pick hotspots, batch create inaccurate posts with AIand organized 30 company employees to post and repost in large numbers through company-issued platform accounts.Cumulative control of 114 online accounts, with 268 related posts published on an ongoing basisIn the period from October 4 to 9 alone, more than $40,000 in posting revenue was generated.

2023 October 11, under the unified command of the Ministry of Public Security, the task force went to Shandong to meet with the local police to capture the gang in one fell swoop. At present.Twelve members of the gang have been transferred to prosecution in accordance with the law.The relevant online accounts have all been blocked.

According to IT Home previously reported, the Ministry of Public Security announced in April this year, 10 typical cases of combating and rectifying network rumors and crimes.Four of these cases involved the use of AI to create rumors.

Since December last year, the Ministry of Public Security has deployed public security organs nationwide to carry out a unified special operation to combat and rectify Internet rumors. Up to now, the public security organs have investigated more than 80,000 clues of Internet rumors, investigated more than 10,000 cases of Internet rumors, arrested more than 1,500 suspects, imposed administrative penalties on more than 10,700 people, and carried out more than 4,200 public debunking of rumors.

In recent years, new technologies such as artificial intelligence AI have lowered the cost of rumor-mongering.2023 In the Guiding Opinions on Punishing Online Violence and Illegal Crimes in accordance with the Law, jointly issued by the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Public Security, it is stipulated that theIn cases where "generative artificial intelligence techniques such as 'deep synthesis' are utilized to publish illegal information", heavier penalties will be imposed in accordance with the law..

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