The Supreme People's Procuratorate: Carry out public interest litigation supervision on the investigation and judgment of illegal situations such as "human flesh unboxing" and "online toilet"

　　China News Service, February 23. On the 23rd, the Supreme People's Procuratorate held a press conference on the work of "Punishing Cybercrimes in accordance with the Law and Promoting Comprehensive Management of Cyberspace".

Xu Xiangchun, director of the Eighth Procuratorate of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, said that currently, the Supreme People's Procuratorate is instructing local procuratorates to conduct public interest litigation supervision on the investigation and judgment of illegal situations such as "human flesh unboxing" and "online toilets" that seriously infringe the personality rights of many citizens.

In the next step, the Supreme People's Procuratorate will continue to strengthen the handling of public interest litigation cases in cyberspace governance, study and establish judicial rules for procuratorial public interest litigation in the assessment, repair and prevention of cyberspace public interest damage, and help create a civilized, safe and green network environment to serve the country with strong cyberspace and Digital China will make more contributions.

　　Xu Xiangchun introduced that the public interest in cyberspace is a complex and diverse concept. Among the current 14 statutory areas for prosecutorial public interest litigation, many involve cyberspace, such as cases involving the sale of food and drugs through the Internet, and cases involving the quality and safety of agricultural products, and some even It mainly occurs in cyberspace, such as personal information infringement, telecommunications and network fraud, etc.

　　Since 2023, the Supreme People's Procuratorate has regarded case handling in related fields as an important starting point for network governance, specially deployed to carry out special supervision of public interest litigation over the infringement of consumer rights by online live broadcast marketing in the field of food and drug safety, and released the second batch of typical cases of personal information protection procuratorial public interest litigation. , guiding local governments to focus on strengthening the protection of sensitive personal information of citizens, and continue to strengthen the supervision of illegal and illegal collection of citizens’ personal information by apps and mini-programs; guiding provincial courts in Shanghai, Guangdong, Shandong and other provinces to initiate cases and handle anti-telecom network fraud public interest litigation cases; Strengthen collaboration with the Supreme People's Court, the Central Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Administration for Market Regulation and other units to gather synergy in cyberspace law enforcement and justice.

　　Xu Xiangchun said that on the basis of successfully handling cases in the statutory field, we will actively explore solutions to public interest litigation in response to the problems of online violence, online rumors, bad online information and other black and gray online products that are strongly reported by the people.

In September 2023, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Punishing Internet Violence Illegal Crimes According to the Law", which clearly stipulates that if online violence harms the public interest, the People's Procuratorate may file a public welfare lawsuit with the People's Court in accordance with the law. litigation.