Legal analysis: depending on the specific situation. A minor rumor is not a crime, but an illegal act. If the circumstances are serious, according to the different types of rumors, it can constitute the crime of libel, false accusation, stirring up trouble, commodity reputation, fabricating and spreading false information about securities and futures trading, and fabricating and spreading false terrorist information.

Legal basis: Article 25 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment commits one of the following acts, and shall be detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and may be fined less than 500 yuan; If the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan:

(a) spreading rumors, lying about dangerous situations, epidemic situations, police situations or deliberately disturbing public order by other means;

(two) throwing fake explosions, toxic, radioactive, corrosive substances or infectious disease pathogens and other dangerous substances to disturb public order;

(3) Threatening to set fire, explode or throw dangerous substances to disturb public order.

Article 243rd of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) fabricates facts, falsely accuses and frames others, with the intention of subjecting others to criminal investigation. If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance; If serious consequences are caused, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years. State functionaries who commit the crimes mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be given a heavier punishment. If there is no intentional frame-up, but false accusation or frame-up, the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs shall not apply.