The Legal Framework for Online Reputation Protection in China: Challenges and Regulatory Mechanisms

Abstract

The Internet has long been the main position for people to express their opinions, but the abuse of the right to freedom of expression on the Internet makes the infringement of network reputation more and more intense. Therefore, how to balance the conflict of rights between network reputation and network freedom of speech rights, to establish a reasonable regulation of the law, and to clarify the boundaries of network speech rights has become a hot issue of current concern. First of all, this paper puts forward several types of cases that are easy to produce reputation disputes in China's network environment, and then further explores the reasons for the conflict between the two through the common focus of dispute in these cases. In order to establish a balanced rule of checks and balances for the conflicts between the two, China should improve the boundary between online reputation infringement and online freedom of expression in its legislation, so as to strengthen the protection and restriction of the two rights.