What is the legal responsibility for bombing others by SMS?

Obviously, it takes a lot of efforts to prevent and contain "SMS bombing". For example, telecom operators strengthen the screening and interception of harassment information, improve the protection function of SMS harassment, consumers enhance their awareness of reporting rights protection, and businesses enhance their awareness of self-discipline. The key is to strengthen governance according to the law and regulations.

It is reported that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has solicited opinions on relevant regulations, and it is proposed that short message service providers should obtain the consent of users before sending commercial information. Previously, relevant laws have also clarified the rules of information harassment. The Law on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests stipulates that business operators shall not send commercial information to consumers without the consent or request of consumers, or if consumers explicitly refuse. According to the advertising law, no unit or individual may send advertisements to their residences and means of transportation. Without the consent or request of the parties, advertisements shall not be sent to them by electronic information, and corresponding penalties have been stipulated.

In other words, there is no lack of legal norms for the governance of harassment information in China. The fundamental problem is that these legal provisions must be implemented and enforced. The regulatory authorities should further improve the regulatory mechanism, strengthen supervision, and seriously investigate the responsibilities of the involved businesses through inspections, accepting complaints, and joint governance with telecom operators and e-commerce platforms. In the past two years, with the innovation of marketing model and the implementation of relevant governance measures, the problem of information harassment has eased compared with previous years, but the "short message bombing" has remained at a considerable order of magnitude, especially during the "6 18" and "double 1 1" online shopping festivals, spam messages and promotional messages frequently harass people's work and life.

Obviously, it takes a lot of efforts to prevent and contain "SMS bombing". For example, telecom operators strengthen the screening and interception of harassment information, improve the protection function of SMS harassment, consumers enhance their awareness of reporting rights protection, and businesses enhance their awareness of self-discipline. The key is to strengthen governance according to the law and regulations.

It is reported that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has solicited opinions on relevant regulations, and it is proposed that short message service providers should obtain the consent of users before sending commercial information. Previously, relevant laws have also clarified the rules of information harassment. The Law on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests stipulates that business operators shall not send commercial information to consumers without the consent or request of consumers, or if consumers explicitly refuse. According to the advertising law, no unit or individual may send advertisements to their residences and means of transportation. Without the consent or request of the parties, advertisements shall not be sent to them by electronic information, and corresponding penalties have been stipulated.

In other words, there is no lack of legal norms for the governance of harassment information in China. The fundamental problem is that these legal provisions must be implemented and enforced. The regulatory authorities should further improve the regulatory mechanism, strengthen supervision, and seriously investigate the responsibilities of the involved businesses through inspections, accepting complaints, and joint governance with telecom operators and e-commerce platforms.

When the laws and regulations are revised and improved in the next step, we can consider raising the punishment standard for information harassment. It should also be emphasized that information harassment is often closely related to information leakage, and relevant departments should intensify the crackdown on information leakage, weave a safety net for citizens to protect information, and reduce information harassment from the source.