Among the Internet infringement disputes, the cases of reputation rights disputes and personal information protection have increased significantly.

  On January 13, the Beijing Fourth Intermediate People's Court released the annual report on Internet civil and commercial trials and ten typical cases.

The report pointed out that, from the perspective of the subjects being sued, the number of infringement cases sued by the self-media and new media has been increasing year by year.

  The report believes that the Internet service model is constantly innovating, the risk of online infringement is increasing, and the voice of consumers' rights protection is increasing. The protection of citizens' personality rights is facing new situations and new problems in the Internet era, and network development and security are facing new challenges.

  According to reports, from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021, Beijing Fourth Intermediate Court accepted a total of 1,566 Internet civil and commercial appeal cases, of which 602 were accepted in 2020, an increase of 86.96 compared with 322 in 2019. %; In 2021, 964 Internet civil and commercial appeal cases will be accepted, a year-on-year increase of 60.13%.

  Judging from the number of cases received, there were 509 online sales contract disputes, accounting for 35.5%, 859 online tort liability disputes, accounting for 59.9%, 86 online service contract disputes, accounting for 6%; product liability disputes 25 cases, accounting for 1.7%; 17 cases of disputes over financial loans and small loan contracts, accounting for 1.2%.

  Compared with 2019, the number of online sales contract disputes dropped significantly, from 77% to 35.5%, and the number of online tort liability disputes increased significantly, from 19% to 59.9%.

  The report shows that among the Internet infringement disputes, the cases of reputation rights disputes and personal information protection are on the rise.

The report shows that, in terms of the number of cases received, among the second-instance cases involving online infringement, portrait rights disputes still account for a relatively high proportion, accounting for about 58% of the second-instance cases of online infringements accepted by the court. In addition, reputation rights disputes. , privacy disputes, and personal information protection disputes are on the rise.

  In terms of infringement types and case claims, the proportion of single-type infringement cases is still relatively high, but the number of multi-type superimposed infringement cases continues to rise.

From the perspective of the subject sued, the number of cases in which individual natural persons are accused of infringement is relatively large, but the number of cases in which we-media and new media are accused of infringement is increasing year by year.

  “个人自由与他人的权利保护之间始终存在着张力,这一点在网络言论领域表现的尤为突出。”报告直言,近年来,随着粉丝经济、流量经济的发展,网络言论侵权领域不断呈现出新特征,饭圈文化以及由饭圈文化引发的网络暴力和畸形侵权事件屡见不鲜,相关言论不仅侵权特点明显,甚至存在价值观失准、有违社会基本公序良俗和道德伦理的倾向,应当引起重视。

  报告表示,北京四中院在网络言论侵权案件的审理中,一方面注重审查相关言论的侵权属性,对于构成侵权的,视侵权情节给予相应否定性评价,另一方面坚持社会主义核心价值观导向,对于背离社会主义核心价值观的名誉主张,不予保护,对于背离社会主义核心价值观的言论侵权行为,视情节从重判赔。

  报告提醒,近年来,通过网络投诉举报违法犯罪行为的案事件日益增多,由此引发的侵权纠纷也呈现增长趋势。自然人或者法人在利用网络举报时陈述的事实若涉及社会公共利益或他人合法权益,理应尽到善良管理人的注意义务,即应持有相当证据确保所陈述事实基本真实,否则可能构成侵权。

  报告指出,虽然公民依法向有权机关举报违法犯罪事实,即使没有有力证据支持,只要不是捏造事实有意诬陷他人的,亦应免责。但是,这种免责必须限定到“向纪检监察等有权机关检举、举报、申诉、控告”的范围内,如果超出这一范围,则可能会侵害他人名誉权。