信息网络侮辱诽谤行为的刑法规制及完善路径

The legislative regulation and perfection about the Internet crime of insult and defamation

利用信息网络实施侮辱诽谤犯罪具有严重的社会危害性,同时,该类犯罪在证据收集上存在困难,有必要将其区别于传统侮辱诽谤犯罪。由于《刑法修正案(九)》对该罪的修正并没有触及侮辱诽谤罪属于亲告罪和自诉案件的本质,修正案提出的"公安机关协助"模式不但在理论上难以自圆其说,也会在司法实践中出现新的问题。对于信息网络侮辱诽谤行为的刑法干预,应从打破亲告罪和自诉案件之间的必然联系上入手。具体而言,在不改变侮辱诽谤犯罪属于亲告罪的前提下,将我国《刑事诉讼法》第204条第1项修改为:"自诉案件包括:(一)告诉才处理的案件,但是利用信息网络实施侮辱、诽谤罪的除外。"

The internet crimes of insult and defamation have serious harmfulness to the society. Besides, this type of crimes has difficulty in evidence collection. Therefore, It is necessary to differ from traditional crime of insult and defamation. Because the 9th Criminal Law Amendment contends that insult and defamation crime belongs to crimes to be handled upon complaint and the case of private prosecution, the public security organs assist pattern is not conducive to solve the problem. The intervention of criminal law for information network insult defamation, we should break the connection between and the case of private prosecution. In practical terms, the change should be made in the criminal procedure law of our country, that is, without changing the crimes belonging to the crime to be handled upon complaint, The first paragraph of Article 204 in the criminal procedure law should be changed to “the case of private prosecution include： crimes to be handled upon complaint, except the crime of insult and defamation by means of information network”.