Peking duck how to go to jail for lying

In China, a law came into force providing for criminal punishment, including imprisonment for distributing rumors and information on the Internet that do not correspond to reality. On this September 9 reports Reuters.

- briefly

The new law allows citizens to be held accountable for defamation in the event that the information voiced by them is widely disseminated on the Web. Thus, the author of a false report, received more than 500 reposts, can be sentenced to three years in prison, writes Agence France-Presse. Prison sentences are also provided for authors of communications who have collected more than five thousand views.
')
Representatives of the Chinese authorities explained the emergence of a new law by the reaction of society to the “irresponsible rumors” that are spreading on the Web. As the officials noted, the objects of such messages often experience “spiritual torments”.

The struggle of the PRC government against the spread of libel on the Internet began several months ago, shortly after President Xi Jinping came to power. During the last weeks, several hundred people were questioned for spreading false information on the Web, some of which were subsequently detained.

One of the most notorious cases was the detention of 27 people in Wuhan. In connection with their capture, it was announced that the city police "stopped the activity of a criminal group spreading rumors on the Web."