State Credit Office on Shire case and forwarding libel rumor 500 times

Beijing September 28, the National Internet Information Office, the Ministry of Public Security and other departments to jointly regulate the network rumors, received wide attention, the community support, and achieved remarkable results. At the same time, the public is also concerned about the regulation of Internet rumors, such as how to define Internet rumors? Is "Shire" caught because it is "Big V"? "Forwarding rumors information 500 times" is the sentence above? What is the responsibility of the Web site in managing rumors on the Web? Wait a minute. With these questions, Xinhua News agency reporter interviewed the National Internet Information Office Network News Coordination Bureau head.

Reporter: The recent news about the regulation of Internet rumors is a lot, can you introduce the relevant situation?

A: Over time, several departments have taken measures to regulate the network rumors, standardize the network order, purify the network environment, and achieved a phased outcome.

The State Internet Information Office firmly supports the public security organs to combat network crime and criminal activities according to law, and to support the law against the network organized manufacturing spread rumors. More recently investigated the use of the Internet to create and deliberately spread rumors of people, some for the purpose of achieving personal goals, illegal seizure of economic interests and deliberately rumor-mongering, such as Qin Zhihui ("Qin Fire Fire"), Yang Xiuyu ("Two Demolition Four"), through micro-blog, post bar, forum, and so on, organization planning and manufacturing spread rumors, deliberately hype network events, In order to profit, by the public security organs of criminal arrest. "Qin Fire Fire" individuals to create and spread rumors on more than 3,000. Some are through the release of false information for extortion, such as the Zhou Lu Bao was arrested, in the Internet has issued attacks, derogatory units and personal posts more than 15,000, has more than 20 units and individuals to implement extortion. There are some people to vent their personal xiesifen deliberately disinformation slander, such as Fu Coshe is because of the spread of "African cowboy Door" and other libel rumors and was arrested.

Some people because of illegal crimes are investigated, it may also have a greater impact on the Internet, there is public opinion to avoid its illegal crime, only to emphasize that they are "big V" or network celebrities, or even rumors that "guilty of words", this is misleading. such as "Shire", was punished according to law because of prostitution, mob fornication, as well as suspected other illegal crimes, and his "Big V" identity is irrelevant.

Journalist: What is online rumor? How to distinguish between intentional disinformation and unintentional rumors? Does "rumor push truth" make sense?

A: Rumors are false messages that deliberately fabricate facts and cause harm to society and others. Often referred to as Internet rumors is the use of information network spread rumors. Indeed, some netizens have inadvertently spread rumors that need to be differentiated, but the characteristics of the intentional transmission of the rumor is obvious. Some have been proved to be false information, still be repeated dissemination, speculation, and some even in the dissemination of processing, exaggeration, to others or the community caused serious harm.

The idea that "rumors are pushing the truth" is actually an excuse for spreading rumors. Rumor and truth are different things. "Rumors stop over the wise" is also not a reason to tolerate rumors, because everyone is not supposed to be "wise" and allow rumors to spread.

Journalist: Is it going to be a criminal investigation?

A: It is common sense to speak on the Internet. It is justifiable to accuse slander, injure others or society, and certainly bear responsibility. For the purpose of not intentionally disseminating false information, criticism and education are the main. A spokesman for the Supreme People's Court has pointed out that, even if some of the contents of the prosecution and disclosure are untrue, they should not be prosecuted for criminal prosecution if they are not deliberately fabricated to slander others, or if they are not known to have been fabricated on the Internet.

Reporter: "two high" issued relevant judicial interpretation, some people say that rumor information forwarding reached 500 times, the number of visits reached 5,000 times can be sentenced, so understanding accurate?

A: The Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate issued "on the use of information network to carry out defamation and other criminal cases," the interpretation of the law, is to combat the use of Information network to implement related crimes of the actual needs, is to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the people needs, is to maintain is also the embodiment of the legal network.

For 5,000 or 500 times, some media readings are biased. Judicial interpretation clearly stipulates that "the use of information network to slander others, the same libel information is actually clicked, browsed more than 5,000 times, or the number of forwarded to more than 500 times, can be identified as the No. 246 section of the Penal Code of the" serious circumstances ", can constitute defamation. Clearly, according to this provision, the object being forwarded 500 times is a specific libel message, not another message.

Reporter: Some netizens said that the regulation of Internet rumors is suppressed speech, how do you think?

A: That is the wrong point of view. Cracking down on internet rumors is good for protecting legitimate freedom of speech. Our cyberspace cannot be a rumor space. Allowing rumors to spread is tantamount to destroying the network. No country in the world is allowed to spread rumors.

Freedom and order are dialectical relations, any individual's freedom must be exercised within the scope of the law, not lawless, must be without prejudice to the freedom of others as a prerequisite, freedom should not be based on the suffering of others.

Netizens from the people, netizens are people, netizens on the net is the public opinion on the net. The Government of all levels has always regarded the internet as a bridge and a link between the people, giving full attention to and safeguarding the public's constructive comments, in-depth understanding and timely response to the public voice on the Internet. The broad masses of netizens express their opinions and suggestions through the Internet, the effective exercise of the right to know, the right to participate, the right to express and supervise, its positive significance is increasingly prominent, this is obvious to all.

Reporter: There is a saying, the website only provides the platform, should not be responsible for the illegal behavior such as the network rumor slander, this says right?

A: Of course not. The law has clearly stipulated that the network service provider knows that the network user uses its network service to infringe the civil rights and interests of others, and has not taken the necessary measures, and the network user undertakes joint and several liability. As an information platform, the website should improve the information security mechanism, reduce the probability of spreading rumor information and prevent the spread of the rumor information in time. Sites that do not fulfill their responsibilities will be prosecuted.

Recently, Beijing Network letter Office guidance Thousand Dragon Net, Sina, Sohu and so on 6 websites launch the joint "rumor platform", strengthens the website self-discipline, releases the rumor information in time, has played the very good role.

Reporter: In order to purify the network environment, what is the next point of work?

A: In recent months, we advocate the Web site and netizens to observe the legal and regulatory bottom line, the socialist system bottom line, the national interest bottom line, the citizen legitimate rights and interests bottom line, the social public order bottom line, the morals Vogue bottom line and the information authenticity bottom line and so on "seven bottom line", We implement the NPC Standing Committee's "Decision on strengthening the protection of network Information", focusing on the three types of information concerning the rights of personal privacy and reputation of the citizens, together with the national "pornography" office, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Culture and other departments to organize activities to purify the summer network environment, closing Punish nearly thousands of illegal websites, and the state Food and Drug Administration and other five departments to combat the use of the Internet to sell counterfeit drugs illegal activities. In addition, according to the report clues, the legal closure of the "People conforming network" and more than 120 use of negative false information for extortion sites. With the Ministry of Education and other four departments to carry out the network of youth-friendly action, also has a preliminary effect.

Next, will continue to support the crackdown on online organized manufacturing spread rumors. At the same time, the protection of adolescent health growth as a daily work to grasp. At present, the use of negative information and false information extortion, fees, such as the deletion of the illegal acts are still relatively serious, the community reacted strongly, we will jointly with the public security organs, the Ministry of the Department of Law to combat the door. As with cracking down on internet rumors, it is not a gust of wind.