Stop Making Rumors on Microblog 不要让微博成为谣言传播器.docVIP

Stop Making Rumors on Microblog 不要让微博成为谣言传播器随着微博人气与日俱增，问题也随之而出。很多人利用微博散布虚假信息，一旦转发上万次，那么很多人便会信以为真。该怎么粉碎并制止微博上的谣言呢？ A microblog with space for 140 Chinese characters had once been a source of endless amusement for Wang Ganghui, a senior majoring in biochemistry at Jinan University. Until last month, the 21-year-old had believed that he was part of this broader movment, one of enlightenment and open criticism. Recently, however, Wang’s microblog didn’t update. What’s the reason? It’s because of a woman known as “Zhao Meimei”. Earlier this month, Wang joined many other users to criticize the US-based student for her wealthy overseas life, because they thought her money came from corruption since her mother was a local official. But later Wang found out that the woman student was actually being supported by her father, a hard-working businessman. “I felt guilty... Someone hid part of the truth to make a conflict. The worst thing is—I did not even have a chance to apologize to her,” he says. Wang is not the only young Internet user to be confounded by an online world made up entirely of fragmented information. This year, people saw a phenomenal boom in microblogging in both private and public life. According to statistics from the International Communication Office of the Communist Party of China?s Central Committee last month, the number of microbloggers in China now exceed 300 million. For private users, a micro blog can provide real-time updates from anyone a user chooses to “follow”. These can range from family members to famous people. Information can instantly be spread through “re-tweeting”. In the public fields however, a microblog can also become a link between users and the authorities. According to an annual government affairs report on microblogs, over 20,000 governmental agencies in China launched official accounts this year, increasing 200 percent from last year. However, with the increasing popularity, microblogs appears a number of pr