Is it illegal to slander others online?

Article 140 of the Supreme People's Court's Opinions on Several Issues concerning General Principles of Civil Law stipulates: "Anyone who discloses others' privacy in written or oral form, or fabricates facts to publicly vilify others' personality, or damages others' reputation by insulting or slandering, which has a certain impact, shall be deemed as an act of infringing on citizens' right to reputation. Whoever slanders or slanders the reputation of a legal person in written or oral form and causes damage to the legal person shall be deemed as an act of infringing the reputation right of a legal person. " According to these laws and regulations, the reputation rights of citizens and legal persons in China are protected according to law, and it is forbidden for any individual or organization to illegally infringe upon the personal dignity of others by insulting or slandering, and damage the reputation rights of citizens and legal persons.

The manifestation of network infringement of reputation right;

The main forms of network infringement of reputation right are fabricating, spreading and spreading false facts out of nothing on the homepage of the website, chat rooms and online bulletin boards, or commenting on some facts at will to discredit citizens, legal persons or other organizations. Speaking freely in such an open space, if it involves the privacy of others, is tantamount to exposing people's scars in public places. Talking nonsense on the internet not only violates the network norms, but also infringes on the reputation rights of others. Abnormal exercise of the right to criticize and comment will also damage the reputation of others.