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What is the crime of libel by short message?

The punishment for the crime of libel by sending short messages is: fabricating facts to slander others, and if the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights. Defamation refers to deliberate fabrication and dissemination of fictional facts, which is enough to degrade others' personality and damage their reputation, and the circumstances are serious.

legal ground

Article 246 of the Criminal Law

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 shall be dealt with only if they are told, except those that seriously endanger social order and national interests.

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.