In December 2023, a video blogger posted a video on the Internet of himself feeding her mother-in-law instant noodles while she was in the hospital. The content of the video quickly aroused widespread discussion among netizens.
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According to the video content, the video blogger was asking an old man who was eating instant noodles if it was delicious? The old man said it was delicious, and she replied, "If it's delicious, eat it every day."
The old lady in the video claims to be the blogger’s mother-in-law. The blogger stated in the video that her mother-in-law made her eat three boxes of instant noodles during her confinement period. She also claimed that instant noodles are nutritious and that she was just using her as a human being. The way is to cure the person's body.
Subsequently, the video blogger posted a video on the short video platform, saying that the video she shot was staged and was just to increase fans and gain traffic, and to dissuade netizens from reposting it. She also said that the old lady in the video was her mother, not her mother-in-law. However, he also stated in the video that although the video content was staged, it truly restored the situation during his confinement period. I did eat instant noodles for a whole month during my confinement period, and was accused and attacked by my family because of a bowl of chicken cake.
Lawyer Comments
A professional lawyer from the "Lawyers Help Help" cooperative lawyer group said that on the evening of December 17, the Dongchangfu Branch of the Liaocheng Public Security Bureau issued a police report on the matter and ordered the blogger Lin to be detained for 5 days. administrative penalties and permanent closure of their online accounts.
Lawyers once again emphasized that the Internet is not a place outside the law, and netizens should regulate their words and deeds and not spread rumors.
lawyer said that staged filming and production of false short videos is to take advantage of the plot of vulnerable groups in society, consume public sympathy, and earn traffic to achieve the purpose of increasing followers. This behavior violates Article 25 of the "Public Security Management Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China" According to the provisions of the regulations, anyone who spreads rumors or intentionally disrupts public order by other means shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than five hundred yuan; if the circumstances are relatively minor, he shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan.
At the same time, lawyers believe that such behavior may also entail civil liability, administrative liability or even criminal liability.
Civil liability: If spreading rumors infringes upon the personal reputation rights of others, according to the relevant provisions of the Civil Code of my country, the infringer shall be responsible for stopping the infringement, restoring his reputation, eliminating the impact, and making an apology.
Administrative responsibility: Anyone who spreads rumors and disrupts public order shall be detained and fined.
Criminal liability: my country's "Criminal Law" stipulates that whoever fabricates false dangers, epidemics, or disasters and spreads them intentionally on the Internet, causing serious impact on social and public order, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, or surveillance; if serious consequences are caused, he shall be sentenced to Fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.
