2015-01-29 14:51

 

Amway treatment workshop to explore network rumor rumor in the construction of legal system

 

CNDSN January 29th news (Amway) January 26th, academic seminar sponsored by the criminal law science research center of Renmin University of China "using the Internet to damage the business reputation, product reputation crime" was held in Renmin University of China.

Experts from the public security organs, judicial departments at all levels, and from the Renmin University of China, Beijing Normal University, University of International Business and Economics, National Prosecutors College and other scientific research institutions and scholars, representatives of enterprises, companies such as Tencent Amway, jointly attended the seminar, the fight against Internet rumors of the construction of legal system, administrative supervision, mobile Internet platform, enterprises deal with the means of self-discipline hot issues in-depth discussion.

A hotbed of mobile Internet rumors, well-known enterprises deeply troubled

In recent years, with the social media of the outbreak, the whole society to the efficiency of information production and dissemination of the rapid increase, at the same time the Internet rumors have emerged, and has become increasingly fierce.

Some illegal workers, using the characteristics of network rumor of low cost, good effect, small risk, in collusion with Internet marketer, marketing account, false negative news to the rival unprovoked fabricates sensational rumor rumor, wantonly, even at the expense of inciting ethnic emotions geographical discrimination, xenophobia, hatred of the rich, to achieve its business purpose.

In order to attract eyeballs, contributed to the spread of these netizens spontaneously, network rumor is basically focused on the well-known enterprises and brands, such as mobile phone lost anyone can steal empty Alipay account, Amway protein powder using genetically modified soybean rumors, still in social media. According to Amway Corp, the survey found, 78.88% of the respondents have heard Amway protein powder to use genetically modified raw materials of rumors, 44.42% of the respondents heard about Amway water purifier carcinogenic rumors, these rumors caused many negative effects on the Amway.

Criminal law science and executive director of research center of Renmin University of China professor Liu Mingxiang said, the information age, through the network of damaging business credit, commodity reputation behavior It is often seen. A large number of network rumors on social media platform proliferation of spread, the misleading public audio-visual, and also seriously disturbed the normal operation of enterprises, damage the legitimate interests of enterprises, disturb the market economic order, will eventually damage and the interests of consumers. On the other hand, the network rumors spread also to the government supervision and the existing laws applicable to bring new challenges.

Expert weapon: anti ballad ballad of governance law, positive regulation

In recent years, more and more government departments, the network platform mechanism, legal professionals and enterprises, are involved in network anti ballad ballad ranks in the treatment. In this research, the experts for the governance of network rumors published opinions.

In the process of anti rumor network, how to realize the effective supervision of the public, rumors, gossip is a hot topic of concern. In WeChat, more and more public number is used as the enterprise marketing, promotion profit tool, some have an ulterior motive operations account for achieve marketing purposes, wanton release of various sensational rumor, in order to achieve to attack competitors or caught the eye of the objective, WeChat platform shape to become the new battlefield such malicious competition.

Associate professor Li Fenfei of Renmin University of China law school also think: "people think Internet rumors right infringed on its commercial reputation, product reputation, to network service providers to negotiate, requirements of network service provider by deletion, broken links necessary measures. To notify the network service provider receives the human right after, should be in accordance with the expanded program take necessary measures in a timely manner to prevent the infringement results. Of course, more importantly, should find an effective way for people to solve the problem of legal rights." He suggested that, at present the relevant parties especially Internet service providers such as Tencent etc, for its platform, repeated rumor rumor public number regulation should be faster and more effective to prevent the spread of rumors, negative influence, to provide timely, effective solutions to injured enterprises. The experts also put forward the relevant government departments, to strengthen the effective supervision on operation function with public account, has become an integral part of the canard of Internet governance.

Proposes Deputy professor Meng Yanbei of Renmin University of China law school, under the market economy the network information transmission, while maintaining the degrees of freedom at the same time, must pay attention to between protection and restriction of commercial free speech balance, to the attention of the public right to know and the commercial reputation, product reputation to protect the balance between.

From the Tencent guests said: "the Tencent Inc has been committed to provide users with healthy, green environment, and resolutely crack down on all kinds of rumors and other harmful information, also firmly oppose the use of instant communication tools and WeChat public platform for malicious marketing. At the same time, the recent positive WeChat platform launched a series of initiatives to boycott rumor spread. Regularly updated "rumors filter", will be analyzed, in consideration of the wanton spread of online rumors criticism. Due to the spread of rumors and is continuously complaint report up to three times, the public will Title treatment. The future, the Tencent Inc will continue to cooperate with relevant departments to increase the supervision of WeChat rumors, gossip."

In view of the network governance anti ballad ballad of related laws and regulations to further improve this problem, Professor Shi Yanan of Renmin University of China law school points out, "the relevant provisions of the criminal law of damage 221st" business reputation, product reputation crime and judicial application practice there are still many problems: "because of the counts of crimes is more general, in practice, this crime and other crime boundary such as insult crime, crime of defamation and slander goodwill behavior does not constitute a crime, the acts of unfair competition is not clear enough. In addition, the causality between the fabricating and spreading false fact and is caused by the loss of the often present difficulties, resulting in sentencing standard is fuzzy, these are to be further clear judicial interpretation." At the same time, he also said that at present a lot of relevant agencies have been fully aware of the problem, I believe the future will further improve the relevant laws and regulations and judicial, to help to solve problems in practice.

Amway experience: complaints, prosecution, communication, rumor, Duocuobingju

Participating enterprises representative, Amway (Chinese) public affairs general manager Zhai Minghe introduced, as rival no limit malicious competition, some enterprises even Amway has been illegal pyramid retail personnel attack target. At the same time, known as the enterprise, Amway rumors have also been some operating public number wantonly forward, and called the lurid headlines. On the Internet, especially WeChat, a lot of rumors about Amway, Internet rumors make Amway customer service hotline inquiries has surged, many consumers, marketers call and asked the relevant circumstances, even directly ask to return money, bring a lot of trouble to the normal operation of the company. However, Amway facing network rumor, also not be at a loss what to do. Recently Amway comprehensive use to WeChat complaints, prosecution, and the public rumor WeChat, from the media to communicate directly, through various means such as active denial of channels and methods, and achieved certain results in the enterprise to counter rumors.

For example, Amway communicate actively with Tencent Ministry of justice and WeChat supervision platform, with evidence that the protein powder, water purifier, transgenic carcinogenic boss died are out and out rumor, as of 2014 12 at the end WeChat has applied to delete number more than 5000 public rumor WeChat platform. Of course, rumors remove aging also needs to be improved, and now every day there are rumours continue to produce the same content, visible network anti ballad ballad of treatment is still a long way to go.

In the aspect of judicial remedy, in 2014 October, Amway (Chinese) will be two papers published articles Amway rumors WeChat public account to court, claim a symbolic element and demanded an apology. This is the first national caused great repercussions WeChat rumor rumor case v.. Finally the court mediation, the two sides to reach an agreement, the account operator delete its released rumors, in the WeChat public account published an apology, and pay 1 yuan compensation to the Amway Corp. In the case of the subject though only one yuan, but it clearly shows, WeChat rumor is to bear the legal responsibility, rumor has risk, forwarding the need to be cautious; especially it also opened a new era of enterprise through the judicial way back WeChat rumors.

The relevant departments of the experts said, as the enterprise can also be multi angle, multi-level take judicial relief. In addition, called on the government to intensify the construction of perfect system of laws and regulations related to the illegal behavior of Internet governance.

Annex:

1, "criminal law" article 221st:

Fabricating and spreading false fact, damage other people's business reputation, product reputation, and causes significant losses to others or other serious circumstances, two years of fixed-term imprisonment or criminal detention, and / or be fined.

2, "the National People's Congress Standing Committee on safeguarding Internet security decisions"

The decision from 2000, through the ninth session of the National People's Congress Standing Committee of the nineteenth meeting, which clearly:

Three, in order to maintain the order of socialist market economy and social management order, to have one of the following acts, which constitutes a crime, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the relevant provisions of the criminal law::

(two) use the Internet to damage to their business reputation and product reputation;

3, "the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of public security on the jurisdiction of the public security organ criminal case prosecution standards (two") seventy-fourth:

"Fabricating and spreading false fact, damage other people's business reputation, product reputation, suspected of any of the following circumstances, shall be filed for investigation and prosecution:

(a) to others caused a direct economic loss of 500000 yuan more than the amount in the;

(two) did not reach the amount standard, but one of the following circumstances: (1) use the Internet or other media to the public harm others business reputation, product reputation; (2) resulting in the company, enterprises and other units closed, suspend production for more than 6 months, or bankruptcy.

(three) other causes significant losses to others or other serious circumstances of the case." For the operators to participate in market competition against each other's behavior and little harm, according to "slander goodwill behavior of Anti Unfair Competition Law" provisions to handle. Only in fabricating and spreading false fact behavior, and causes significant losses to others or other serious circumstances may constitute a crime, it is not decided by penalty has principle.

4, "the Supreme People's court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate on the handling of the use of information network implementation of libel in criminal cases the law applicable to the interpretation of a number of issues"

In September 10, 2013 the implementation

The first is under any of the following circumstances, shall be determined as specified in the first paragraph of article 246th of the criminal law "fabricating facts to slander others":

(a) fabricated libelous facts, spread in the network information organization, personnel, or instigate spread on information network;

(two) the information on the Internet to the original information content that other tampering with the libelous facts, spread in the network information organization, personnel, or instigate spread on information network;

Knowing is the fact that the reputation of another trumped up damage, scattered in the information on the network, if the case is serious, "fabricating facts to slander others" theory.

Second using the information network to slander others, one of the following circumstances, shall be determined as specified in the first paragraph of article 246th of the criminal law "serious":

(a) the same defamatory information the click, browse the number more than five thousand, or forwarded number more than five hundred;

(two) caused by the victim or his close relative insanity, self mutilation, Dutch act and other serious consequences;

(three) two years have received administrative punishment, but also for libel, slander others;

(four) other serious circumstances in which. *

(original title: Amway treatment workshop to explore network rumor rumor in the construction of the legal system)

Editor: Blue