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The reporter learned from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs that since 2024, relevant departments and localities have continued to rectify online rumors involving genetically modified organisms, focusing on monitoring and cracking down on genetically modified rumors and rumors, and investigating and punishing a number of online account entities that produce and disseminate genetically modified rumor information in accordance with laws and regulations, typical cases are as follows: 1. The handling of rumor information published by Yin in Liaoning Province on Weibo. Liaoning Province Internet celebrity Yin has long published original genetically modified rumors on the Weibo platform, slandering the industrialization policy of biological breeding, inciting netizens to resist genetically modified organisms, and publishing content has become one of the important sources of online genetically modified rumors, and the impact is very bad. The relevant platforms have closed the relevant accounts in accordance with the law and agreements. 2. The handling of rumors and information published by self-media accounts such as "Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty", "Shuxi Society A", "Yongliang Rui Commentary", "Rural Sister Li", and "Xinxin Says Things". WeChat public accounts such as "Dahan Prime Minister" and "Shuxi Society A", Douyin accounts "Yongliang Rui Comment" and "Rural Sister Li", and today's headline account "Xinxin Says Things" and other self-media accounts have long published information related to genetically modified rumors, slandered the industrialization policy of biological breeding, and published content has become the source of the spread of genetically modified rumors on the Internet, misleading the public and having a bad impact. The relevant platforms have closed the relevant accounts in accordance with the law and agreements. 3. Wang in Jiangxi Province released the handling of rumor information in today's headlines. Since January 2024, Wang in Jiangxi Province has frequently posted a number of rumors on the Toutiao platform such as "a company's genetically modified corn confirmed that genetically modified corn caused all 1,000 mice to die" on the Toutiao platform through the self-media account of a new media marketing company (Multi-Channel Network agency). After an investigation by the local public security organs, Wang organized the company's personnel to select hot articles for a long time, and used artificial intelligence tools to generate false information in batches to attract fans and drain traffic. The public security organs imposed a penalty of 5 days of administrative detention on Wang in accordance with the law, and ordered the institution involved in the case to suspend business for rectification. Fourth, the handling of rumors and information published by Liu in Jilin Province on Douyin. In August 2024, Liu in Jilin Province frequently posted rumors on the Douyin platform such as "it is a double agent who promotes GMO" and "he was beaten to death against GMO". After investigation by the local agricultural and rural departments and public security organs, after Liu saw the information about genetically modified food on the Internet, he created and published rumors without verification. The public security organs imposed an administrative penalty of a fine on him in accordance with law. After interviewing and education, Liu deleted all the information related to genetically modified rumors. 5. Guangdong Province Zheng released the handling of rumor information in Toutiao. In July 2024, Zheng in Guangdong Province frequently posted rumors on the Toutiao platform that "genetically modified animal experiments have proven harmful". The local agriculture and rural affairs department and the public security organs jointly carried out an interview and investigation, and after verification, the content of the rumors published by Zheng was suspected of disrupting public order, and the public security organs imposed an administrative penalty of a fine on him in accordance with law. VI. Chongqing City's handling of rumors and information published by Lu X on Watermelon Video. In April 2024, Lu Mou of Chongqing Municipality frequently posted rumors on the watermelon video platform such as "genetically modified experiments caused infertility in mice" and "genetically modified drugs are toxic and harmful". After an investigation by the local agricultural and rural departments and public security organs, in order to win attention and attract the attention of fans, Lu took the opportunity to promote the agricultural products he sold on behalf of him, edited and recorded a rumor video involving genetically modified organisms and uploaded it to the platform to mislead the public. The public security organs gave him an administrative punishment of a warning in accordance with law. After an interview and education, Lu has deleted the relevant rumor video and promised not to publish rumor information in the future. 7. Jiangsu Province Miao's handling of rumors and information published in Toutiao. In June 2024, Miao in Jiangsu Province frequently posted original rumor videos such as "GMO causes infertility" and "GMO is a conspiracy of the United States and the West" on the Toutiao platform. After an investigation by the local agricultural and rural departments and public security organs, Miao learned to make videos after retirement, and in order to attract more fans' attention and get clicks and playbacks, he recorded and published a video involving genetically modified rumors, and the video material came from the Internet. The public security organs imposed an administrative penalty on him in accordance with the law, and Miao recognized his mistake and apologized, immediately deleted the rumor video, and promised not to publish false information related to GMOs in the future. 8. Li in Zhejiang Province posted the handling of rumor information in Toutiao. In June 2024, Li from Zhejiang Province frequently posted rumor videos such as "mice eat genetically modified organisms to get cancer" on the Toutiao platform, questioning the safety of genetically modified food. After investigation by the local agriculture and rural departments and the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Li had some opinions on the safety of genetically modified technology, so he edited and released a video involving genetically modified rumors. After interviewing and education, Li realized his mistake, promptly deleted inappropriate remarks, and promised not to publish rumors and information in the future. IX. The handling of rumors and information published by Yu X in Sichuan Province on Weibo. In June 2024, Yu in Sichuan Province frequently posted rumors such as "Be wary of the invasion of genetically modified organisms by United States and Japan" on the Weibo platform, attacking relevant experts and denigrating the industrialization policy of biological breeding. After investigation and verification by the local agriculture and rural departments and public security organs, Yu released information and spread rumors on his own in order to attract the attention of netizens. After an interview and education, Yu said that he realized his mistake, immediately deleted the relevant rumors, and promised not to publish false information related to genetically modified organisms in the future. 10. The handling of rumors published by an agricultural company in Heilongjiang Province on the WeChat video account. In May 2024, an agricultural company in Heilongjiang Province posted rumor videos such as "Heilongjiang prohibits genetically modified products" and "Heilongjiang does not have a single case of genetically modified agricultural products" on WeChat Video. The local agriculture and rural affairs department interviewed and educated the company, which recognized the mistake and deleted the rumor video. In the next step, relevant departments and localities will continue to crack down on rumor-mongering and rumor-mongering involving genetically modified organisms in accordance with the law, strictly investigate and punish account entities that publish rumors, and expose typical cases.
来源：农民日报编辑：王 轶
复审：吴慧敏终审：袁维年
