While COVID-19 raged in 2020, various online rumors were rampant. According to the characteristics of online rumors, this paper analyzed the reasons for the formation and spread of online rumors under COVID-19, and put forward corresponding governance measures from the government propaganda department & health department, government & public network platform operators, and the general public & college students.

Ruiqi Li, Yuding Wang. Research on the Spread and Governance of Internet Rumors under the COVID-19. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2021) Vol. 4, Issue 7: 38-42. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2021.040708.

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