The act of "fabricating pornographic rumors" belongs to "fabricating facts to slander others". Defamatory information is actually clicked and viewed more than 5000 times, or forwarded more than 500 times, or causes serious consequences such as mental disorder, self-mutilation and suicide of the victim or his close relatives, thus fabricating facts to slander others. If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights; Whoever fabricates facts, falsely accuses and frames others, with the intention of subjecting others to criminal investigation, if the circumstances are serious, 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 ten years.
The criteria for filing online rumors are as follows:
(1) The same defamatory information has actually been clicked, viewed more than 5000 times, or forwarded more than 500 times;
(2) Causing serious consequences such as mental disorder, self-mutilation and suicide of the victim or his close relatives;
(3) Having received administrative punishment for libel within two years and slandering others;
(4) If other circumstances are serious, it shall be deemed as a serious circumstance as stipulated by relevant laws, and a case shall be filed for prosecution.
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Legal basis: Article 246th of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Whoever publicly insults others by violence or other means or fabricates facts to slander others, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights.
Article 243 of the Criminal Law
Whoever fabricates facts, falsely accuses and frames others, with the intention of subjecting others to criminal investigation, if the circumstances are serious, 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 ten years.
State functionaries who commit the crimes mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be given a heavier punishment.