“网络谣言”英语怎么说

摘要：国家互联网信息办网络新闻协调局局长刘正荣、工业和信息化部通信保障局副局长赵志国12日就整治网络谣言的有关情况接受媒体采访时强调，将依法严厉惩处利用互联网造谣传谣行为，依法追究造谣者的法律责任，绝不容忍利用互联网造谣传谣。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?

Authorities will continue to take a hard line on Internet-based rumors and punish those creating fake information, a senior official said on Thursday.

Authorities have removed more than 210,000 online posts and shut down 42 websites since mid-March in their latest crackdown on online rumors, said Liu Zhengrong, a senior official with the State Internet Information Office.

Fake information or rumors spread through the Internet, especially on micro blogs, have harmed social order and residents' daily lives, he said at a news briefing in Beijing.

周四，一高级官员称，有关部门将继续采取强硬措施打击网络谣言，依法惩处造谣者。国家互联网信息办高级官员刘正荣称，自三月中旬打击网络谣言以来，有关部门已经清理各类网络信息21万 余条，关闭网站42家。他在北京召开的新闻发布会上称，虚假信息或谣言在网络上传播，尤其在微博上传播，危害了社会秩序和人们的日常生活。

【讲解】文中###的 online rumors 即指网络谣言，也可以说成 internet-based rumors。rumor指“谣言”，编造谣言可以说成 fabricate rumors， 散播谣言可以说成 spread rumors 或者 disseminate rumors，散播谣言者可以说rumormonger，monger表示“商人，贩子，专门散布…的人”。另外，文中的micro blog指微博，news briefing指新闻发布会。