The arrests are part of what the Chinese government called "war on internet rumors" began last year when false information about an alleged coup circulated in China in Beijing.All of them were in police custody for several days for "making news on the internet about H7N9 infections that caused panic among some Internet users and local residents" , said the office, which regulates the content of the network in China.
The arrests are part of what the Chinese government called "war on internet rumors" began last year when false information about an alleged coup circulated in China in Beijing , despite being one of the countries that exert greater control and censure those contained in the network of networks.
"A very small part of Internet spreads rumors online various, sometimes slandering others photomontages," said a statement released yesterday, Thursday, by the official institution.
The new H7N9 strain of bird flu so far has been diagnosed in 128 people (one in Taiwan, the rest in China), of which 27 have died, according to data from Chinese and Taiwanese authorities.
The World Health Organization, which sent experts to China to study the disease, has warned against H7N9, which is considered one of the most lethal influenza viruses, although so far not spread among humans, only in people who have had contact with birds.http://www.latercera.com/noticia/mundo/2013/05/678-521624-9-once-detenidos-en-china-por-sembrar-panico-con-rumores-sobre-la-gripe-aviar-h7n9.shtml
