Colonel Chen Xi, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, reported on November 6 that military and civilian functional departments have publicly exposed five typical cases of illegal and illegal military-related "self-media" accounts in the use of AI to generate false information related to the military, false propaganda and illegal "military examination" training, and will continue to deepen special rectification.
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Military and civilian functional departments are carrying out special rectification of improper marketing and hype of military-related information on the Internet, aiming to correct illegal and illegal problems in the field of military-related Internet and standardize the order of dissemination of military-related information.
China News Service, November 6. According to the website of the Ministry of National Defense, on the afternoon of November 6, the spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, Colonel Chen Xi, released news on recent military-related issues.
Reporter: According to reports, relevant departments have publicly exposed a number of typical cases of military-related “self-media” accounts that violate laws and regulations. Please provide further information on the situation.
Chen Xi: In order to deeply rectify the illegal and illegal problems in the military-related field on the Internet and standardize the order of military-related information dissemination, the military and local functional departments, in conjunction with the ongoing special rectification of improper military-related marketing and hype information on the Internet, have publicly exposed five typical cases of military-related "self-media" accounts that violate laws and regulations, including the use of AI to generate military-related false information, false propaganda and illegal "military examination" training.
A clean and upright cyberspace is conducive to uniting the morale of the military and the people and serving the military to win. Military "self-media" is an important force in telling the story of China's military and promoting the positive energy of a strong military. However, some accounts ignore laws, regulations and industry protocols, and use military-related information as "traffic passwords" and "marketing gimmicks", harming the interests of the public and the image of military personnel, and must be dealt with in accordance with laws and regulations. The military and civilian functional departments will continue to deepen special rectification, intensify investigation and punishment, and mobilize broad participation from all walks of life through the Central Cyberspace Administration of China’s Illegal and Bad Information Reporting Center and China Bugle Client’s “Internet Military-related Reporting and Rumor Refuting Platform” to jointly create a clear military-related network environment.

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Recently, various types of military-related illegal and harmful information have appeared on online platforms. Military and civilian functional departments have closed a number of accounts with serious problems in accordance with laws and regulations. They have reported five typical cases of using AI to generate military-related false information, falsely promoting military examination training, maliciously marketing military-related traffic for profit, hyping negative information in the name of retired soldiers, and illegally selling military products and military imitations.

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