Two Men Criminally Detained by Beijing Police for Fabricating Rumors That Moonshot AI Staff Were Taken Away

Two Men Criminally Detained by Beijing Police for Fabricating Rumors That Moonshot AI Staff Were Taken Away

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After fabricating and posting online the rumor that "multiple people at a tech company were taken away," two men have now paid the price for their momentary impulse. On the evening of October 12, Beijing police announced the handling of multiple online rumors, including the case of Guo and Chang, who fabricated out of thin air the claim that "multiple people at a certain tech company were taken away" and published it in order to gain traffic; the information spread widely and disrupted social order, and the two have now been placed under criminal coercive measures in accordance with the law.

This case is precisely the earlier rumor storm that Moonshot AI encountered. As early as September 12, Moonshot AI had publicly issued a rebuttal, making clear that the circulating information about its founder and employees was purely fictional and maliciously fabricated, and reported the matter to the public security authorities. Now the police have stepped in and brought the account owners who traded made-up stories for traffic before the law — when a rumor with no source at all can stir up the entire internet in a short time, the company it names often has a far harder time proving its innocence and calming public opinion than the rumor-monger did typing those few lines.

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