People may spread false rumors about public figures through a variety of Internet means, including but not limited to the following: 1. **Social media platforms**: Social media is an important channel for the rapid spread of information. By creating fake accounts or leveraging existing accounts, malicious users can share false information and spread it quickly on the platform. 2. **Fake news websites**: Setting up websites that appear to be real and posting fake news stories to gain attention and clicks, thereby spreading rumors. 3. **Image and video editing**: Using image and video editing software to create misleading photos or video clips to make rumors more convincing and spreadable. 4. **Malicious emails and text messages**: Sending emails or text messages containing false information to a large number of users to spread rumors widely. 5. **Online forums and discussion areas**: Posting fake information on forums, message boards, or other discussion platforms to manipulate public opinion in order to spread rumors. 6. **Search engine optimization (SEO) manipulation**: Using SEO techniques to make false information rank higher in search engine results, thereby deceiving unsuspecting searchers. 7. Automated Robot Programs: Using online robots to automatically publish and spread false content to enhance the reach and credibility of rumors. Through these means, rumor makers can quickly influence public opinion to achieve specific goals or interests. However, in the face of increasingly rampant false information, society needs to strengthen information literacy to improve the ability to identify and resist false information.