[Case Playback].
Cheng and Chang are both anchors of a live broadcast platform, and one day the two had a quarrel with each other during the live broadcast, and the two became dissatisfied with each other and planned to wait for an opportunity to retaliate. Later, Cheng published an article on his homepage saying that Chang was of low quality, privately **his own**, and behaved poorly, while Chang published an article stating that Cheng's statement was in fact untrue. Since then, the two have posted on the platform many times, and even attacked each other by building groups and connecting microphones. In October 2022, Cheng sued Chang for infringing his right to reputation, and Chang filed a counterclaim. After understanding the facts of the case, the contracting judge actively mediated, and after explaining the legal principles, Cheng withdrew the lawsuit, and Chang withdrew the counterclaim.
[Lawyer on Law].
According to Article 1024 of the Civil Code, "civil subjects enjoy the right to reputation, and no organization or individual may infringe upon the right to reputation of others by means of insult or slander." Reputation is the social evaluation of the character, prestige, talent, and credit of a civil subject. ”
In this case, Cheng and Chang were both live broadcast on the online platform, the two met because of the live broadcast, and then had a quarrel during the live broadcast, after which the two continuously posted that the other party was of low quality, and then disseminated information through methods such as building a group and connecting the microphone, and then Cheng filed a lawsuit, and Chang filed a counterclaim, and both of them demanded that the other party stop the infringement, apologize and pay moral damages. The two criticized each other on the Internet and published false information, both of which infringed on each other's right to reputation and violated public order and good customs. The latter two were explained by the undertaking judge, Cheng took the initiative to withdraw the lawsuit, and Chang also withdrew the counterclaim, and the dispute in this case was settled.
[Lawyer reminds].
The Internet is not an illegal place, do not criticize each other on the online platform for the sake of a momentary pleasure, otherwise it will not only have an impact on the public network environment, but also bear the corresponding civil liability for violating the reputation rights of others!