According to the provisions of China's Civil Law and relevant judicial interpretations, Internet service providers have the right to take necessary measures such as deleting posts and disconnecting servers according to the preliminary evidence provided by the victims to prevent the damage from expanding. It is a crime for a network service provider to demand a large amount of property from the victim on the grounds of publishing or deleting network information.
The second paragraph of Article 1195 of the General Principles of Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), after receiving the notice, the network service provider shall promptly forward the notice to the relevant network users and take necessary measures according to the preliminary evidence of infringement and the type of service; If necessary measures are not taken in time, the expanded damage shall be jointly and severally liable with the network users.
Article 6 of the Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases such as Defamation by Using Information Network, whoever threatens or coerces others to ask for a large amount of public or private property on the grounds of publishing or deleting information on the information network, or repeatedly commits the above acts, shall be convicted and punished for extortion in accordance with the provisions of Article 274 of the Criminal Law.