Is it illegal to insult others in the live broadcast room?

It is illegal to insult others in the live broadcast room.

According to the law, insulting others during live broadcast may constitute an illegal or even criminal act.

1, publicly insulting others or fabricating facts to slander others, can be subject to administrative punishment, including detention or fines;

2. If the right of reputation is infringed, the actor shall bear civil liability and the victim may sue;

3. If it constitutes an insult or a crime of provocation, it will face criminal responsibility;

4. Abuse others through the information network, if the circumstances are bad and disrupt social order, can be treated as the crime of stirring up trouble;

5. If the circumstances are serious, they may face fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, control or deprivation of political rights.

Code of conduct for live broadcast room:

1. Abide by laws and regulations: the words and deeds in the live broadcast room shall comply with national laws and regulations, and illegal information shall not be disseminated;

2. Respect others: the live broadcast room should respect other users and avoid insulting language or personal attacks;

3. Civilized communication: users are encouraged to communicate in a civilized and rational way, and no rumors or malicious provocations are allowed;

4. Privacy protection: don't disclose your own or others' personal privacy information in the live broadcast room;

5. No advertising: irrelevant advertisements or commercial promotion are not allowed in the live broadcast room;

6. Respect for copyright: Do not broadcast or disseminate content that infringes the copyright of others in the live broadcast room.

To sum up, insulting others in the live broadcast room is illegal or even criminal, and may be punished by administrative punishment, civil liability, criminal liability, deprivation of political rights and so on.

Legal basis:

Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 246

Whoever publicly insults others by violence or other means or fabricates facts to slander others, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights. The crimes mentioned in the preceding paragraph, except those that seriously endanger social order and national interests, can only be dealt with by telling. If the victim informs the people's court of the acts specified in the first paragraph through the information network, but it is really difficult to provide evidence, the people's court may request the public security organ to provide assistance.