Legal basis: Constitution of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 38 The personal dignity of People's Republic of China (PRC) citizens shall be inviolable. It is forbidden to insult, slander, falsely accuse or frame citizens in any way.
Fortieth the freedom and privacy of communication between the people of China and the citizens of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall be protected by law. When public security organs and procuratorial organs check communication according to the procedures prescribed by law, no organization or individual may infringe upon citizens' freedom and privacy of communication for any reason, except for the needs of national security or criminal investigation.
Article 246 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) publicly insults others or fabricates facts to slander others by violence or other means, if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights. The crimes mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be dealt with only if they are told, except those that seriously endanger social order and national interests. If the victim informs the people's court of the acts specified in the first paragraph through the information network, but it is really difficult to provide evidence, the people's court may request the public security organ to provide assistance.