浅析网络谣言的刑法规制

On the Criminal Law Regulation of Network Rumors

互联网已成为人们生活中社交方式不可替代的一部分,利用网络发布信息进行造谣、传谣的行为的社会危害性比较严重,甚至引发大规模群体性事件的发生,影响恶劣。由于网络世界的虚拟性等特性,受害者也很难保护自己的合法权益。为了维护公民表达言论自由的权利,维护公众在网络世界的合法权益,网络谣言行为急需刑法的合理规制。笔者认为,应在适用我国刑法中现有相关罪名如诽谤罪、诬告陷害罪等刑法规制的基础上,进一步从立法层面、实施层面以及监督层面进行完善,有效遏制网络谣言。

The Internet has become an irreplaceable part of people's social life. To use the Internet to disseminate information for rumors is harmful to the society and even triggers large-scale mass incidents with a bad impact. However, due to the virtuality of the network world and other characteristics, it is difficult for victims to protect their legitimate rights and interests. In order to safeguard citizens' right to the freedom of expression and the legitimate rights and interests of the public in the cyber world, the rational regulation of criminal law is urgently needed. We should further improve the legislation, implementation and supervision levels on the basis of applying the existing criminal law regulations of related crimes such as defamation, false accusation and framing in our criminal law, so as to effectively curb network rumors.