According to the provisions of the amendment to the Criminal Law, one paragraph is added to Article 291 of the Criminal Law as the second paragraph: whoever fabricates false information about danger, epidemic situation, disaster situation and early warning and spreads it on the information network or other media, or knowingly spreads it on the information network or other media, 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.
One of Article 291 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), which was revised in 2009, puts in false explosive, toxic, radioactive, infectious disease pathogens and other substances, or fabricates terrorist information such as explosion threat, biochemical threat and radiation threat, or spreads it knowing that it is fabricated terrorist information, which seriously disrupts social order, and 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.
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Internet rumors often infringe on the right of portrait, reputation and reputation of natural persons. And these infringements often need to bear the responsibility of eliminating the influence and compensating for the losses.
Relevant laws stipulate: "If a citizen's right to name, portrait, reputation and honor is infringed, he has the right to demand to stop the infringement, restore his reputation, eliminate the influence, make an apology, and may demand compensation for losses. Where the right of name, reputation and honor of a legal person is infringed, the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply. " According to this, the victims of some rumors about personal events on the internet can pursue the civil liability of the rumors and rumors.
China Municipal People's Congress-People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Law Amendment