Beware of Spreading Misinformation: Investigation on Fake Green and Black Eggs Circulates on Facebook

2023-09-28 04:10:00

Reporter Yang Zhonghan/Reporting from Taipei

▲Xie Nan from Beishi City was caught spreading photos of eggs that he bought with black and green egg liquid. (Picture/reproduced from Facebook)

Recently, a netizen posted on a Facebook group, pointing out that the Tainong eggs he bought at a chain supermarket turned out to be black and green following opening. At regarding 3 p.m. on the 27th, officers from the Ministry of Agriculture went to the Taipei City Zhongzheng 2nd Branch to report the case. The police were informed After reporting the incident, I did not dare to be careless. I locked the Facebook account of the person who posted the message and traced it. At 11 o’clock in the night, I arrested a man named Xie and brought him to justice. After the whole case is heard, he will be transferred to the law for crimes once morest honor.

It is understood that a photo of a black and green egg was circulated on Facebook recently. The post was deleted following being questioned regarding its authenticity, but the person who posted it insisted that it was not fake. When interviewed, Executive Dean Chen Jianren said that the green egg post posted online was untrue. According to the message, the police have tried to find out the truth as soon as possible and have not ruled out asking the person who sent the message to come to the case to explain.

At regarding 3 p.m. on the same day, the Ministry of Agriculture also sent people to the Chiang Kai-shek Second Branch to file a formal complaint. The Chiang Kai-shek No. 2 Branch and the Taipei City Criminal Investigation Team jointly formed a task force to lock the account of the person who posted the document, and arrested Xie Nan at around 11 p.m. on the same day. In the case, he admitted that he used the Facebook account to post. After the police interrogated Xie Nanyi, he was charged with defamation of honor and brought to justice.

The Second Branch of the National Chiang Kai-shek Branch appeals to the public not to forward unverified information at will if it is received. If the information is later confirmed to be false, it may be involved in the crime of defamation and the maintenance of social order. The public must be careful to verify the information.

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