Article 109 of the General Principles of Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that the personal freedom and personal dignity of natural persons are protected by law. If a citizen's right of reputation is infringed, he has the right to ask the other party to stop the infringement, restore his reputation, eliminate the influence and apologize.
Article 21 of the Tort Liability Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that if the infringement endangers the personal and property safety of others, the infringed may request the infringer to bear the tort liability of stopping the infringement, removing the obstruction and eliminating the danger.
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Reputation infringement mainly includes the following ways: insult, slander, revealing other people's important privacy, etc.
Insult: refers to the act of publicly damaging the personality and reputation of others by words (including written and oral) or actions. Such as insulting, mocking and humiliating others with big-character posters, small-character posters, cartoons or extremely obscene language.
Defamation: refers to the act of fabricating and spreading some false facts to damage the reputation of others. If you fabricate others' bad work style or create shadows without any basis, and publicize and damage others' reputation everywhere, it will cause great pain to others' spirit.
Insult and slander are common acts of reputation infringement, and article 10 1 of the General Principles of Civil Law explicitly prohibits insulting and slandering the reputation of others. Infringe on the reputation right of a legal person.
It is mainly manifested in spreading false news that damages the reputation of legal persons, such as fabricating some facts, falsely claiming that the products of a factory are of poor quality, and bringing down the other party by unfair competition. These are all violations of the reputation right of legal persons.