网络空间社交账户的可继承性分析

Inheritability Analysis of Social Account in Cyberspace

网络空间社交账户具有可继承性,继承内容包括对账户的继续使用权、账户具有的人格利益与财产利益以及对账户持续产生收益的获取资格。虽然社交账户继承可能产生对创建者与第三人的隐私及个人信息的侵害风险,但现有民法体系关于死者人格利益保护的规定能够震慑和追究潜在加害人的责任,因而不应完全禁止社交账户的可继承性安排。为应对越来越多的社交账户继承纠纷,更加妥善地保护创建者的各项利益,应构建具有科学性与可操作性的继承规则,包括对社交账户的整体继承规则以及对第三人人格利益的不得继承规则等。

Social account in cyberspace is inheritable,including the continued use of the account,the personal and property interests of the account,and the ability to generate income continuously.Although the inheritance of social account may infringe the privacy and personal information of the creator and the third party,the existing civil law system has provided protection of the deceased's personal interests,which can deter and investigate the liability of potential offenders.Therefore,the inheritance of social account should not be completely prohibited.In order to deal with more and more social account inheritance disputes and better protect the interests of founders,scientific and operable inheritance rules should be constructed,including the overall inheritance rules for social accounts,the non-inheritance rules for the personality interests of third parties,and so on.