1. The penalties for publishing false news are as follows:

(1) publishing false news, if the circumstances are minor, shall be detained for 5- 10;

(2) Whoever publishes or fabricates terrorist information such as explosion threat, biochemical threat and radiation threat, thus causing serious social impact, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years.

2. Legal basis: Article 291 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Crime of dropping false dangerous substances; Crime of intentionally spreading false terrorist information; Whoever releases false explosive, toxic, radioactive or infectious disease pathogens, or fabricates terrorist information such as explosion threat, biochemical threat and radiation threat, or spreads it knowing that it is fabricated terrorist information, thus seriously disrupting social order, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance; If serious consequences are caused, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years.

Crime of fabricating and intentionally spreading false information: Whoever fabricates false dangers, epidemic situations, disasters and early warnings and spreads them on information networks or other media, or knowingly and intentionally spreads them on information networks or other media, thus seriously disrupting social order, 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 seven years.

2. How to punish the crime of fabricating and disseminating false information in securities and futures trading?

The penalties for fabricating and disseminating false information about securities and futures trading are as follows:

1. Whoever fabricates and disseminates false information that affects securities and futures trading and disrupts the securities and futures trading market, thus causing serious consequences, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also, or shall only, be fined not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan;

2. If a unit commits a crime, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention;

3, fabricating and disseminating false information that affects the securities and futures trading, disrupting the securities and futures trading market, resulting in serious consequences of the identification criteria are as follows:

(1) Causing direct economic losses of more than 30,000 yuan to investors;

(2) Causing abnormal fluctuations in the transaction price and volume.

(3) Causing adverse effects.