What is the responsibility for spreading rumors?

Depending on the circumstances, civil, criminal or administrative liability may be incurred

1. Civil liability

That is, if the spread of rumors infringes upon the right to reputation of individual citizens or infringes upon the goodwill of legal persons, according to the provisions of the General Principles of China's Civil Law, they must bear the responsibility of stopping the infringement, restoring their reputation, eliminating the impact, making a formal apology, and compensating for losses.

2. Administrative responsibility

If a person spreads rumors, falsely reports dangers, epidemics, or police information, or intentionally disrupts public order by other means, or openly insults others or fabricates facts to slander others, and it does not constitute a crime, administrative punishments such as detention and fines shall be given in accordance with the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law" and other provisions.

The legal basis is as follows: Article 25 of the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law" stipulates: "Anyone who commits any of the following acts shall be detained for not less than 5 days but not more than 10 days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan; where the circumstances are more minor, they are to be detained for up to 5 days or fined up to 500 RMB

1) Spreading rumors, falsely reporting dangers, epidemics, or police information, or intentionally disrupting public order by other means;

2) Disrupting public order by discharging false or toxic, radioactive, corrosive substances, infectious disease pathogens, or other dangerous substances; (3) Threatening to set fires, or disrupting public order by releasing dangerous substances. Therefore, if a rumor is spread, the public security organ may punish the perpetrator in accordance with the above provisions, and the police station will summon, verify, and punish the perpetrator with a summons certificate in accordance with the provisions.

3. Criminal liability

Article 291-1 of the Criminal Law stipulates that whoever fabricates false information about dangers, epidemics, disasters, or police information, and disseminates it on information networks or other information, or knowingly disseminates the above-mentioned false information on information networks or other information, seriously disrupting social order, shall be sentenced to up to three years imprisonment, short-term detention or controlled release; where serious consequences are caused, a sentence of between three and seven years imprisonment is to be given.

Article 246 stipulates that whoever publicly insults others or fabricates facts to slander others by violence or other means, and the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, short-term detention, controlled release or deprivation of political rights.

At present, our country has a relatively strict management of the spread of rumors. Bear a lot of legal responsibility, let's take a look at the existing laws and regulations in our country. First of all, malicious slander, then it is rumor-mongering and slander, and for individuals, it is a personal infringement.

If it is an act of the state, it will involve a problem of public safety. is quite serious, both for personal rumors and for the public of the state. They all have to bear the corresponding legal responsibility, and even face prison.

What are the legal responsibilities for spreading rumors?

Alarm handling. The Public Security Bureau decides on the punishment based on the nature of the rumor and the scope of its dissemination.

Generally, it is the responsibility of administrative punishment.

According to Article 25 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China in the "Administrative Law and Administrative Litigation Law" of our country, a person who commits any of the following acts shall be detained for not less than 5 days but not more than 10 days, and may also be fined up to 500 yuan; where the circumstances are more minor, they are to be detained for up to 5 days or fined up to 500 RMB

1) Spreading rumors, falsely reporting dangers, epidemics, or police information, or intentionally disrupting public order by other means;

2) Disrupting public order by discharging false or toxic, radioactive, corrosive substances, infectious disease pathogens, or other dangerous substances;

(3) Threatening to set fires, or disrupting public order by releasing dangerous substances.

Where the perpetrator spreads rumors online, causing panic, and the circumstances are serious, the public security organs may give them criminal punishments on the basis of the following provisions: Where they spread rumors, falsely report dangers, epidemics, or police information, or intentionally disrupt public order by other means, they are to be detained for between 5 and 10 days, and may be concurrently fined up to 500 RMB; where the circumstances are more minor, they are to be detained for up to 5 days or fined up to 500 RMB

Article 25 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Public Security Administration Punishments for Hail Rises Article 25 Anyone who commits any of the following acts shall be detained for not less than 5 days but not more than 10 days, and may be fined 500 yuan for laughing oaks; where the circumstances are more minor, they are to be detained for up to 5 days or fined up to 500 RMB: (1) Spreading rumors, falsely reporting dangers, epidemics, or police information, or intentionally disrupting public order by other means; 2) Disrupting public order by discharging false or toxic, radioactive, corrosive substances, infectious disease pathogens, or other dangerous substances; (3) Threatening to set fires, or disrupting public order by releasing dangerous substances.

The legal liabilities for spreading rumors include civil liability, administrative liability, and even criminal liability. 1. Civil liability, that is, if the spread of rumors infringes on the right to reputation of individual citizens or infringes on the goodwill of legal persons, they must bear the responsibility of stopping the infringement, restoring their reputation, eliminating the impact, apologizing and compensating for losses. 2. Administrative responsibility, that is, if a person spreads rumors, falsely reports dangers, epidemics, police information, or deliberately disrupts public order by other means, or openly insults others or fabricates facts to slander others, and it does not constitute a crime, he shall be given administrative punishments such as detention and fines in accordance with the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law" and other provisions.

3. It is criminal responsibility, and according to Article 246 of the Criminal Law, whoever openly insults another person by violence or other means or fabricates facts to slander another person, and the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, short-term detention, controlled release, or deprivation of political rights. The crimes in the preceding paragraph are to be dealt with only if they are told, except where they seriously endanger social order and national interests. Where the victim complains to the people's court about the conduct provided for in the first paragraph through information networks, but it is truly difficult to provide evidence, the people's court may request that the public security organs provide assistance.

Article 246 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China: Where violence or other methods are used to publicly insult others or fabricate facts to slander others, and the circumstances are serious, a sentence of up to three years imprisonment, short-term detention, controlled release, or deprivation of political rights is to be given. The crimes in the preceding paragraph are to be dealt with only if they are told, except where they seriously endanger social order and national interests. Where the victim complains to the people's court about the conduct provided for in the first paragraph through the information network, but it is truly difficult to provide evidence, the people's court may request that the public security organs provide assistance.