Police continue purge of online rumormongering

Police across the country have investigated some 1,600 cases involving the spread of rumors online and removed around 420,000 posts since April, according to the Ministry of Public Security on Tuesday.

They also banned around 10,000 online social media accounts for rumormongering and punished a number of netizens for engaging in such activities, the ministry said.

The cybersecurity protection bureau of the ministry launched a 100-day nationwide operation in April targeting the organizers and posters of malicious online rumors.