Guiding Case No. 143 of the Supreme People's Court: Beijing Shilanda Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd. and Huang Xiaolan v. Zhao Min (dispute over right of reputation),北大法宝V6

Guiding Case No. 143 of the Supreme People's Court: Beijing Shilanda Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd. and Huang Xiaolan v. Zhao Min (dispute over right of reputation)

[CLI Code] CLI.C.115271577(EN) Statement

Court： No. 3 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing Municipality
Instrument Type： Judgment
Procedural Status： Trial at Second Instance
Source：Notice by the Supreme People's Court of Issuing the Twenty-Fifth Group of Guiding Cases
Date Issued：10-09-2020
Judgment Date：01-31-2018
Type of Dispute： Civil > Personality Rights > Personality Rights > Right of Reputation

Guiding Case No. 143: Beijing Shilanda Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd. and Huang Xiaolan v. Zhao Min (dispute over right of reputation)
指导案例143号：北京兰世达光电科技有限公司、黄晓兰诉赵敏名誉权纠纷案

(Issued on October 9, 2020, as deliberated and adopted by the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People's Court)
（最高人民法院审判委员会讨论通过2020年10月9日发布）

civil; right of reputation; cyberspace infringement; WeChat groups; public space
民事/名誉权/网络侵权/微信群/公共空间

1. The determination of infringement on another person's right of reputation by remarks in a WeChat group should conform to all constitutive requirements of infringement on the right of reputation. A comprehensive judgment should be made by taking into account of the characteristics of information network dissemination, the infringement subject, the dissemination scope, extent of damage, and other specific factors.
1.认定微信群中的言论构成侵犯他人名誉权，应当符合名誉权侵权的全部构成要件，还应当考虑信息网络传播的特点并结合侵权主体、传播范围、损害程度等具体因素进行综合判断。

2. A WeChat group consisting of persons of non-specific relationship has the nature of public space. Where a citizen publishes insulting, defamatory, slanderous, or derogatory remarks in such a WeChat group, he or she should assume the legal liability according to the law.
2.不特定关系人组成的微信群具有公共空间属性，公民在此类微信群中发布侮辱、诽谤、污蔑或者贬损他人的言论构成名誉权侵权，应当依法承担法律责任。