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On September 10, 2026, Tibet Cyber Police announced multiple cases of penalties for online comments regarding the Gyirong mudslide disaster. The netizens involved were given administrative penalties by police in Tibet, Heilongjiang, Anhui, and Guangdong, for fabricating that the mudslide was man-made or induced by an earthquake, maliciously comparing it to rescue efforts in other countries to distort the effectiveness of China's disaster relief, fabricating that all public officials had died in the line of duty, and spreading false rumors.

On September 10, Tibet's internet police released cases of penalties imposed over disaster-related remarks, saying that some people "selectively applied cases from other countries to make malicious comparisons" and claimed that the government used vulgar trending topics to divert attention; the relevant content was deemed a distortion of facts and was subject to administrative penalties.

On August 30, 2026, Tibet's Public Security internet police announced the investigation and handling of 10 cases of "online rumors" related to a disaster, and imposed administrative penalties on netizens who posted estimated casualty and missing-person figures for the Gyirong mudslide on social media platforms.