In recent years, the state has cracked down on the behavior of deleting bad reviews with compensation. Not long ago, # 12 people were arrested for deleting bad reviews, and # 2 million involved in the case became a hot topic. It is understood that the Shushan Branch of the Public Security Bureau of Hefei City, Anhui Province cracked a case of infringing citizens' information, arrested the criminal suspect 12, and tens of thousands of personal information of citizens, involving more than 2 million yuan. The company's "salesman" took the initiative to contact the merchants with bad reviews on the Internet and said that he could provide the service of "deleting bad reviews on behalf of others". When the feeling of talking is ok, the "salesman" illegally buys the personal information of users with bad reviews, and then harasses users in various ways, saying that they can pay a "benefit fee" to induce users to delete bad reviews.
Source: Hefei police WeChat official account
Nowadays, the gang that specially deleted bad reviews has been arrested, which has a warning effect on both the businesses that deleted bad reviews and the companies that made profits by deleting bad reviews.
In fact, I think if an online shop is full of praise, do you think it is true? Whose shop can be perfect? Objective and true user evaluation is a very important business indicator, which can help store operators to see their own shortcomings and become better and better. At the same time, it is also an important basis for consumers to choose.
Where there is demand, there is a "market", and some companies have begun to provide this business of deleting bad reviews. This kind of behavior, it is not an exaggeration to say that the two sides colluded to deceive consumers. Many companies still think this is a good thing, but they don't know that there are great legal risks.
First of all, the "paid deletion of bad reviews" business may be suspected of illegal operation.
Article 7 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases such as Defamation through Information Networks stipulates that: in violation of state regulations, providing services such as deleting information or publishing information through information networks with compensation for the purpose of making profits, which disrupts market order, is an illegal operation with serious circumstances. According to Item (4) of Article 225 of the Criminal Law,
Of course, the purpose of "paid deletion of bad reviews" is to make a profit. The essence is to provide information deletion service through information network, which conforms to the provisions of the above criminal law and judicial interpretation, and can constitute the crime of illegal business operation after completion.
Secondly, the "paid deletion of bad reviews" business may be suspected of damaging computer information systems.
If an actor deletes, modifies or adds data stored, processed or transmitted in a computer information system through illegal technical means or the convenience of internal staff, if the consequences are serious, he shall be punished as the crime of destroying the computer information system.
For example, on 20/0/4, the case tried by the People's Court of Binjiang District, Hangzhou was the crime of destroying computer information system, and Hu was convicted of selling and illegally providing citizens' personal information and invaded Taobao evaluation system to modify the bad review case of Taobao buyers, and was finally sentenced to five years in prison.
This time, the police arrested a gang that paid for deleting bad reviews, which was also a kind of vigilance for those who were rated as Jobs by deleting bad reviews. Any heresy is no longer feasible in the current environment. At the same time, it also reminds businesses to accept bad reviews with an open mind, treat consumers seriously and improve their own shortcomings in order to win the market.