Fabricating news and fabricating facts—the more exaggerated the facts, the more traffic they attract.
The lack of a sound post-incident accountability mechanism after being exposed has emboldened self-media to become increasingly rampant.
There are no longer any journalists who will honestly go offline to report news. They can sit at home and have a constant stream of news to publish. The more daring you are to write, the more traffic you get.
Conspiracy theories such as Freemasonry, the Rothschild family, and the Light Society originated abroad, and then were digested and spread domestically by Chinese social media bloggers.
The types of cases are countless.
Since it's not yet the official working hours, it's still within the Spring Festival holiday period.
Therefore, Li Miaomiao didn't have much work, and she came here first because she wanted to spend more time with Zheng Li.
After listening, Li Miaomiao kept thinking about the impact of the Truth System.
She knew that once this thing came out, it would have a dramatic impact and cause a huge change in public opinion.
Even the chaos that has existed since the era of self-media will be swept away.
However, this has resulted in the interests of many individuals being affected.
In the past, I could make money by making up "news" at home. I could talk all day long just by talking about things I heard from friends, fans, and colleagues.
Without investigation and on-site visits, one has no right to speak, which is tantamount to cutting off someone else's source of income.
This will inevitably bring a severe public opinion offensive to the science and technology innovation biotechnology sector.
It's well known that people who work in self-media are most skilled at setting the tone and influencing public opinion.
However, Li Miaomiao is not worried about this, because Kechuang Bio's products are not afraid of external resistance.
She was worried about something else:
"Have you ever considered what would happen if, for example, the government itself issues a public announcement, and those who are verifying the truth through the system don't believe it?"
Zheng Li explained, "The Chinese government did consider this issue when building this system."
"It's the same for the government; they also need actual investigation and evidence before issuing a statement, and the person who ultimately issues the statement will follow the entire investigation process."
"Instead of conducting investigations and interviews with one group of people, and then having a different person issue the final announcement."
Li Miaomiao nodded: "Actually, there's another problem. In the past, when Chinese official media published overseas news, they often directly reprinted reports from foreign media without verifying their authenticity."
"After that, they have to conduct on-site investigations before they can have any say."
Foreign media outlets also produce a lot of fake news, in some ways no less than those in China.
Foreign media face fewer restrictions.
Back then, the two words someone used most often in front of the camera were "fake news".
Although it seems funny to onlookers, it is indeed true.
While the RT (Revolutionary Armed Forces) combat brought reports from the front lines in the West, Chinese media mostly reprinted these reports.
Chinese media outlets merely reprinted negative news about the other side superficially, lacking any ability to delve deeper, demonstrating a shockingly weak fighting spirit.
"But that's true; you can't speak without investigation."
Zheng Li knew what she was worried about; the impact of the truth system's release was too great.
There will definitely be a lot of discussion from the outside world.
Zheng Li: "We are just the technology provider. The final implementation will be carried out by a subsidiary jointly established by a certain subordinate central enterprise and us."
"We will only have 30% of the shares."
"We won't even be directly involved in the company's operations."
China approached this with an experimental attitude, hoping to see if new technologies could solve the long-standing problem.
The lie detector developed by Zheng Li has performed very well in the past two years.
The truth system performed perfectly in the tests, and its mechanism was also verified and approved by relevant experts.
Therefore, China is willing to give it a try.
As for the unwillingness of some individuals, they cannot stop the general trend.
Just like truck drivers don't want to be replaced by autonomous driving.
With the rapid advancement of autonomous truck technology, truck drivers in America have essentially lost their jobs.
Compared to self-driving technology that operates year-round, humans, who need to eat, drink, and relieve themselves, are far less cost-effective.
In a very small number of cases, the loss of jobs by truck drivers has even led to extreme incidents.
However, due to the complex geographical situation in China and the European Union, there are still a few regions that require truck drivers.
Technological trends cannot be ignored by individuals.
China's desire to establish a sound trust mechanism is strong enough to outweigh personal interests.
"Besides the truth-clarification mechanism, are there any other achievements in our cooperation with the authorities that you can disclose?"
Li Miaomiao's face was full of curiosity.
Zheng Li quietly pulled out this thing; she didn't even know before that the lie detectors that China was gradually promoting were developed by Zheng Li.
China has been gradually using lie detectors, and some clues can be seen in official reports.
There has been much public discussion about this, as the word "lie detector" has been rarely seen in official reports before.
Because there's nothing to prove its authenticity and reliability.
This move has sparked much speculation, and Li Miaomiao had overheard them discussing it while having dinner with external executives.
According to a well-connected person, China has achieved a major technological breakthrough in the field of lie detection, reaching the world's leading level.
When their technology was discussed with the Europa League, the other party directly proposed to import the lie detector from China.
China's response at the time was that this thing was not mature enough.
The reason is actually because lie detectors have language barriers and can only recognize Chinese speakers, just like brain-computer interfaces.
The underlying mechanism of a lie detector is brain-computer interface technology.
Li Miaomiao didn't suspect Zheng Li at the time. Brain-computer interfaces and lie detection are completely different fields in the eyes of non-professionals. Zheng Li nodded and said, "Of course, but they all involve confidentiality requirements, so it's not convenient to disclose them."
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