Slander among classmates, what to do. Methods to combat false information on the Internet

Context

The whole country this week was shocked not only by the scale of the tragedy in Kemerovo, but also by the cynicism of the prankster and bloggers who spread false information about the causes and consequences of the fire in shopping center"Winter Cherry".

Now it is difficult to assess the psychological and moral damage caused by their provocations to millions of Russian citizens. However, the lack of control over the actions of those who spread provocations and panic rumors showed the need to quickly take effective measures to prevent such “information terrorist attacks.”

RAPSI studied foreign experience and proposals from Russian experts on various legal ways to stop the spread of dangerous lies on the Internet.

Basmanny Court of Moscow On March 28, prankster Nikita Kuvikov (Evgeniy Volnova), accused of disseminating false information about the number of people killed in a fire in the Zimnyaya Vishnya shopping and entertainment center (SEC) in Kemerovo.

Since there is no relevant article in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for Kuvikov’s offense, he is accused of inciting hatred or enmity (Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). It is reported that the attacker’s actions were motivated by the idea of ​​destabilizing the situation in the region.

In addition to Kuvikov, hundreds of bots, as well as several leading video bloggers, were actively disseminating unverified and deliberately false information. Among them are Nikolay Sobolev, Mikhail Pechersky, Alexey Pskovitin, Alexander Dvizhnov, Sergey Broksh, Dmitry Ivanov and others, each of whom has an audience of more than a million viewers and subscribers.

Even after officially refuting the versions they published and providing evidence of their inconsistency, they are in no hurry to delete their provocative videos. This fact confirms the need to adopt legislative tools to influence not only fake accounts, but also unscrupulous bloggers.

Bills

Some deputies have already come up with similar initiatives. Also March 28 expert advice on development information society and the media of the Youth Parliament under the State Duma put on the agenda the initiative of pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov to develop a law punishing the spread of false information on the Internet. The project will be discussed next week with the participation of State Duma deputies, journalists, bloggers, Internet researchers and pranksters.

In addition, Ilya Remeslo, a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, stated the need to develop a legislative mechanism that would provide for legal liability for distributors of false information.

“I propose to begin a public discussion of amendments to the legislation on liability for the dissemination of knowingly false information about emergency incidents... This is an alternative to the “closed Internet” - the issue must be regulated taking into account the balance of the rights and interests of all participants,” says the publication of a member of the RF OP .

The problem is that the mechanism for protecting the honor and dignity of individuals and the business reputation of organizations in Russia is enshrined at the legislative level and operates quite effectively. At the same time, they practically do not take into account the interests of society and the state. The expert believes that the state should have the right not only to hold violators accountable, but also to promptly refute falsehoods in the same media and blogs in which they were disseminated.

It can be assumed that the problem of the spread of false information on the Runet will be solved by studying the issue legal status bloggers and groups in social networks. And legislative mechanisms to combat fakes will be aimed at their prompt removal from the Internet.

This is exactly the bill that was prepared a year ago by deputies Sergei Boyarsky and Andrei Alshevsky. The document provides for a fine of up to 5 million rubles for posting false information on social networks. For legal entities the fine will be 30-50 million rubles. Under an individual The authors considered not users, but owners of the social network. This interpretation will probably now be corrected.

According to the text of the bill, social networks will have to create a “24-hour administrative body” so that “anyone can complain there about illegal information.” This bill No. 223871-7 is still under consideration.

Shortly before this, on April 10, a bill on fines for fake accounts on social networks was introduced to the State Duma by deputy Vitaly Milonov. Among other things, this project provided for the failure of the owner of a social network to fulfill the obligation to remove materials distributed on a social network by a user of a social network and contrary to the requirements of federal law, entailing the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of up to 5 thousand rubles, on legal entities - up to 300 thousand rubles .

Foreign experience

Russian projects to combat Internet fakes have so far completely replicated Western experience in dealing with this issue. In particular, the German bill, which has caused great controversy about its compliance with European standards for the protection of freedom of speech.

Germany in last couple years declared a real war on the spread of false information on the Internet. First, in December 2015, German authorities forced major major Internet companies to sign agreements not to spread fake news.

However, as a study by the jugendschutz.net portal showed, social networks did not adequately comply with the requirements: Twitter deleted only 1% of publications with criminal or false content, Facebook - about 39%.

Therefore, in June last year, the German Parliament passed a special law imposing a fine on social networks for systematically violating the rule regarding untimely removal of fake news. For this, social networks could be fined up to 50 million euros.

This bill has been subject to criticism, for which Russian legislators should also be prepared. Human rights activists and representatives of social networks believe that the fight against incitement to hatred provoked by fakes on the Internet should be dealt with by the state itself, and not by Internet platforms.

“The rule of law cannot shift its own omissions and responsibility onto private enterprises. Preventing and combating hatred and false messages on the Internet is a public task that cannot be taken off the shoulders of the state,” WirtschaftsWoche quoted Facebook as saying.

It seems that France intends to go even further than Germany in its fight against all types of false and dangerous information on the Internet. President Emmanuel Macron announced the preparation of a bill by the end of the year aimed at combating the spread of fake news and propaganda. In January this year, he said he would work to stop the disinformation press from “sowing doubt,” leading people to believe “alternative truths” and destabilizing the country.

The planned measures will make it possible, by a court decision, to oblige the administration of a social network or website to remove this or that content, block the account of a specific user, or block access to a specific site. Social networks must commit to increasing the transparency of information about paid materials, revealing the identity of advertisers and those who control them.

Meanwhile, Malaysia is poised to take the European idea of ​​fighting fake news to its radical extreme. On March 26, the government of this country presented a bill to parliament, the authors of which propose to punish distributors of fake news on all platforms with fines (up to 128 thousand dollars) and even prison terms - up to ten years in prison.

If the bill is approved by Parliament, Malaysian courts will have the power to issue removal orders or temporarily restrict their distribution while an investigation is underway. The extraterritorial nature of the document may allow Malaysian authorities to enforce it outside the country.

In the event of a continuing violation, the offender will be assessed approximately $770 in fines daily from the date of judgment. In addition, the perpetrators will have to apologize in court or give a retraction in the newspaper. Punishment in the form of fines and imprisonment is also proposed to be introduced for persons who provide financial support for the spread of fakes.

Perhaps this measure seems to be the most effective in terms of solving the problem of removing dangerous false information from the Internet, the acute relevance of which was demonstrated by the consequences of the fire in Kemerovo.

Corporate struggle

However, experts fear that even the most severe laws cannot solve the root of the problem - the impact of false information on audiences. Fakes should be combated by minimizing their effect, i.e. influencing not so much the content producer as the audience of its potential consumers.

Research shows that people tend to believe fake news. For this reason, such content is distributed much more actively than the truth. For example, Walter Quattrociocci, head of the Computational Social Sciences Laboratory at IMT Lucca in Italy, has spent several years studying how misinformation spreads online. His research showed that people who believe and transmit fake news are most likely to be interested in consuming information that confirms their views, even when it is obviously false.

Thus, an important prerequisite for the emergence and widespread spread of dangerous fakes is the systematic impact on public opinion. In particular, the consistent discrediting state institutions, law enforcement officials, etc.

In such cases, former US Defense Department official Michael Carpenter recommends paying more attention to divisive speech, tracking where it comes from and whether foreign funding is involved. Considering that the source of the main fake news about the fire in Kemerovo was a resident of Ukraine, this advice deserves attention.

Transnational companies can help suppress this kind of international information attacks. Especially if they cooperate more actively with government agencies and non-governmental organizations.

Already today they are introducing their own methods of combating false information in parallel with the government ones. For example, great hopes are placed on tools from Facebook and Google.

The first of them tries to solve the problem of stopping the spread of fake news. Facebook users now have the opportunity to report a post containing false information. After several complaints of this kind, the news is sent to independent organizations for verification. If, as a result of their analysis, they come to the conclusion that the news is fake, then a special mark will appear on the publication. When you try to post fake news on your Facebook page will notify the user about this. Thus, the chain of automatic spread of lies simply due to the inattention of users must be broken.

Google sets itself a slightly different task. The company decided to show users sources that are trustworthy. Here, not fake news, but, on the contrary, true news is marked with a special mark. Sources of information who wish to receive such a mark will be required to comply certain rules and add special code to your site. Fact checking is also done through leading media websites.

Prospects

However, some experts consider such methods not only ineffective, but also dangerous. Regular users may not pay attention to flags about controversial news. And research by Vanderbilt University assistant professor of psychology and human development Lisa Fazio shows that the brain quickly learns information that is presented several times.

“When we challenge fake news, it complicates the situation because we repeat those headlines and ingrain them in people's minds even more,” Fazio points out. In her opinion, it is necessary to replace the fake story with a genuine one, as if rewriting it in the minds of readers.

Perhaps the most promising way to combat the spread of false information on the Internet is collaboration specialists to simultaneously create mechanisms for identifying fakes, punishing them for their distribution and refusing to delete them, as well as educating citizens on basic rules information security and hygiene.

An example and, perhaps, a partner for us in solving these problems can be the European Commission, which in January of this year met for the first time to determine how to effectively identify, prevent and punish fake information.

​The European Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, Maria Gabriel, frankly stated that “by involving everyone, we are forced to develop mechanisms that will identify fake information and limit its circulation. Instead, we need to promote transparency, diversity and trustworthy sources of information.”

Currently, 40 experts are working on such mechanisms, including journalists, scientists, representatives of business and civil society organizations.

I would like to hope that a similar team will soon begin working in Russia to solve the problem of information security of the country and citizens. At the same time, the increasing incidence of information sabotage shows an urgent need to take prompt legislative measures. And the deputies have all the resources necessary for this. In addition to the bills currently under consideration and in the final stage of preparation, it is now quite possible to supplement the existing provisions of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

According to Leonid Golovko, professor, head of the Department of Criminal Law at Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, punishment for publishing fake information can be introduced in criminal legislation.

“We have criminal liability for public calls for the implementation of terrorist activities(Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code), for knowingly false reporting of an explosion, arson, etc. (Article 207 of the Criminal Code). Why shouldn't there be liability for disseminating deliberately false information through telecommunications networks in order to achieve criminal goals? This kind of norm looks quite legitimate in itself, and given the recent tragedy in Kemerovo and the actions of the notorious pranker, even more so,” Golovko believes.

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IN everyday life Each of us may be faced with a situation where third parties disseminate false and at the same time defamatory information. Often such actions go unnoticed, but in vain - the dissemination of information discrediting a person’s reputation is a criminal offense and attackers must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.

In this publication I will tell you what slander is and how to achieve justice if you have been slandered.

○ Libel under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Over the past couple of years, slander has managed to get out of the block of articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and has remained for some time administrative offense in the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation and returned back to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation under the number of article 128.1.

Currently, according to the provisions of this article, libel is understood as the dissemination of information discrediting the honor and dignity, as well as the reputation of a citizen, which the distributor knows to be false.

To qualify an act as “Slander”, it is the deliberate falsity of information that is important. The person distributing them must know and realize that this information is false, and at the same time significantly “spoil” the reputation of the person in respect of whom it is distributed.

○ Liability for libel.

Simple slander - that is, committed without aggravating circumstances - is punishable by a monetary penalty of up to 500 thousand rubles, or by compulsory labor for up to 160 hours.

Art. 128.1 of the Criminal Code also provides for qualified, that is, entailing more severe punishment, components of slander.

According to part 2 of Art. 128.1, a fine of up to 1 million rubles or compulsory work lasting up to 240 hours is imposed for disseminating false information publicly, including using the media, the Internet, or in a speech or work shown to the public.

Example:
In 2014, a resident of the Sverdlovsk region posted nude photos of her older sister without her permission, supplementing them with inscriptions discrediting her reputation, for which she was prosecuted under Part 2 of Art. 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and part 1 p. 137 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for disseminating information about personal life.

Slanderers spreading knowingly false information and those who use their official position (Part 3 of Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) may be punished in the form of a monetary penalty of up to 2 million rubles, or will be punished with compulsory labor lasting up to 320 hours (by the way, I recently posted material about) .

Those who like to accuse citizens of committing an unlawful act of a sexual nature, as well as the victim having a disease that poses a threat to others (for example, AIDS or hepatitis B), according to the norms of Part 4 of this article, are expected to compulsory work for a maximum period of up to 400 hours or a fine of up to 3 million rubles.

Example:
In Tatarstan, a local resident, pursuing the goal of discrediting her previously known friend, who was preventing her from building her personal life, prepared and printed 1 thousand leaflets with a photo of her friend, indicating that she was HIV-infected, and then distributed these leaflets near the victim’s place of residence. As a result of contacting the police, the unlucky slanderer was brought to justice under Part 4 of Art. 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and was sentenced by the district court to a fine of 8 thousand rubles. Citizen A. fully admitted her guilt.

And the most serious element is slander, associated with an accusation of committing a particularly serious or felony(Part 5) - for this act, the violator faces criminal liability in the form of compulsory labor lasting up to 480 hours, or a monetary penalty in the amount of up to 5 million rubles.

Instead of a fine, a fixed income of the convicted person for a certain period specified by the court can be used, taking into account the sanction of Art. 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Thus, according to Part 5, this period cannot be more than six months, and for Part 5 – up to three years.

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The presenters of the Russia 1 TV channel and lawyer Oleg Sukhov are discussing in a sparkling manner whether it is possible to insult F. Kirkorov and what will happen to them for this.

○ How to prosecute for libel?

In accordance with Art. 20 Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, part 1. Art. 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (and only part 1!) libel is a private crime. That is, prosecution begins solely on the basis of a statement from the victim, which is submitted to the magistrate’s court.

If slander has been committed against you without aggravating circumstances (parts 2-5), you need to go to the magistrate’s court at the place where the crime was committed, where you must submit the following documents:

1. Application for involvement in criminal liability.

It indicates the name of the court, the circumstances of the unlawful act, your evidence and the arguments for which you consider the slanderer to be held accountable. Finally, a request is made to the court to impose liability.

The key evidence in this case is witness who has seen or heard information disseminated against you, or audio or video recordings that defame you.

A list of witnesses is attached to the application, information about the applicant or the victim is indicated, if the application is submitted by a representative. The application requirements are specified in Art. 318 Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation

2. Simultaneously with the application, you can declare compensation for moral damage caused by slander.

Don't count on large sums, but you should always ask for more.

3. Copies of documents by number of persons.

In all other cases, when committing slander with aggravating circumstances listed in parts 2-5 of Art. 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, you must contact law enforcement agencies or the prosecutor's office at your place of residence.

Any of these authorities will accept it from you and transfer it for investigation within their competence. Based on the results of the pre-investigation check, if it is established that a crime has been committed, a criminal case will be initiated, and upon completion of the investigation, it will be transferred to the district court.

Lawyer's Note:
You have the right to reconcile with the accused (defendant) at any time, and under Part 1 of Art. 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation does not even require the will of the court to approve the reconciliation of the parties - the court unconditionally carries out the will of the applicant in a private prosecution case. In cases of hearing a criminal case under Parts 2-5 of Art. 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, reconciliation is allowed on a general basis if a person is brought to criminal responsibility for the first time.

Internet - the most widespread information resource and the fastest and effective way dissemination of information, surpassing even television and print sources today.

At the same time, information spreads most quickly and without borders on the global network. These circumstances apply not only to news, educational and information products, but also to slander and insults. Modern information technologies have made the Internet accessible to almost every person.

The accessibility and vastness of the Internet, the relative anonymity of its users, gives almost limitless possibilities not only for masters of the literary genre, but also for slanderers, as well as criminals of all stripes.

Slanders via the Internet carry out active and multi-stage campaigns to discredit successful people and companies, while causing not only harm good name and business reputation, suffered from slander, but colossal material losses.

What should you do yourself if slanderous, offensive or defamatory information is posted about you on any website?

First, you need to send a letter to the site owner with a refutation and a demand to remove the slander. If the slander was posted by a third-party user of the site, then there is a chance that it will be removed.
If your application remains unattended, you should record the specified information on paper (it is better to print it on a color printer) and have it certified by a notary. At the same time, it is necessary to conduct a psychological and linguistic examination, or at least a study of the text, to determine whether it contains signs of slander.
Next, you need to file a statement of libel with the prosecutor's office, internal affairs bodies and/or the court. The application must be accompanied by a copy of the examination report and notarized printouts from the site containing the slander.

If it is not possible to defeat slander on the Internet in the usual way, then you will have to use the services of a company to remove and displace slander from search engines. The service of removing defamation from search results is quite expensive and takes a lot of time, from about 3 months to six months.

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At the same time, the likelihood that defamatory information will disappear from the network completely and forever is small. The service boils down to posting information on a variety of Internet resources keywords, by which slander is indexed, but opposite in meaning to the slanderous information. As indexing progresses new information the old one is gradually being replaced from search results to the following pages.

Slander is a very unpleasant phenomenon in our society. If a society is sick with envy, greed and cynicism, then slander and insults begin to sprout in it like a weed!

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It has become especially easy to spread slander in our time - the era of rapid development of the Internet. Today, any of your well-wisher can register on the review site and write slander for every taste. At the same time, it is not your friend who should subscribe, but your other acquaintances. All this is now possible in the age of the World Wide Web.

Or the next option is that an attack on you begins on a social network. At first you are shocked! ...

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You are trying to reach the owner of the Internet resource, but to no avail. In reality, you cannot cope with this alone. You need to turn to professionals - the first Anti-Defamation Agency. And this struggle should only be carried out comprehensively and deal professional blows to slanderers on all fronts. What we need here is not just lawyers, but seasoned experts in their field!

There is also a legal part - writing the correct statement to the police and to the court. The job of a linguist is to examine the identity of slanderous tests.

How defamation spreads on the Internet

Of course, the most effective and accessible is the dissemination of defamatory information via the Internet. There is always an opportunity to introduce yourself on the Internet different names, act from different IP addresses, use different platforms for this.

With the help of Google users, the concept of “Google” appeared on the Internet, and not only respectable people use it. Using a simple registration, in which you do not need to enter your phone number and personal data, they begin an attack on a respectable person or a competing company.

Information spreads online very quickly and becomes accessible a large number people at the same time. It is this circumstance that makes slander and insults spread via the Internet a high public danger.

Main motives:

1. Envy
2. Self-interest
3. Simply hatred towards you in any life situation.

The main channels for spreading slander:

1) Personal contacts between people
2) Internet
3) means mass media television, newspapers, magazines.

Who usually writes slander on the Internet? These are three categories of citizens:

1. Your envious people
2. Your competitors
3. Your exes (partners, colleagues, spouses, bosses or employees)

One of the ways to spread false and defamatory information about another person is through the use of the media, public speaking, and the World Wide Web. These methods of distribution also include: publication of information in print media; broadcast on television or radio; distribution on websites, Internet resources, social networks, blogs; showing in documentaries; communication to third parties in testimonials, internal letters, public statements or statements, and communications sent to officials.

These unlawful acts are qualified as aggravating circumstances under Part 2 of Art. 128.1 of the Criminal Code, which amended the norm in 2012. The basis for bringing an attacker to justice is that false information about a person must violate his personal space, in particular, his honor and dignity are affected, and his person is discredited in the eyes of others. This information about a person or organization should not correspond to the real state of affairs.

Initiation of a case

Libel cases are initiated as private prosecutions. Therefore, in order to protect rights, it is necessary to apply to the magistrate’s court, which will “investigate” the crime. But in addition to this, it is necessary to obtain high-quality legal assistance, as well as prepare a substantial evidence base that will accurately and objectively indicate a violation of a citizen’s rights.

This may require the following examinations as part of the investigation of the case and identification of the culprit:

1. Psychological and linguistic examination
2. Linguistic expertise.

To carry out the examination, qualified specialists who have been certified by the Chamber are involved forensic experts. The activity is to establish objective circumstances, prove the falsity of information, and justify the moral damage caused. To carry out the analysis, a commission of several specialists is created.

The expert is provided with information for research based on the following criteria:

• the presence of negative information about the victim;
• a form used to express false information: the statement or this information carries a value judgment;
• whether the defamatory information is related to a specific person who could have disseminated it.

The conclusion of these studies forms the basis for the court verdict along with witness testimony and subjective opinion victim.

If the victim does not have the opportunity to independently defend his rights, he has the right to file a complaint with law enforcement agencies. The case may be initiated by an investigator or an inquiry officer.

About what slander and insults on the Internet are. we'll tell you further.

Internet network

The World Wide Web allows you to spread false information about other persons, belittling their honor and dignity. At the same time, this is done very simply; there is the possibility of maintaining confidentiality and obtaining certain material benefits.

However, despite the fact that many anonymous authors hide behind fictitious nicknames and fake photographs after publishing materials online, the culprit can still be found. Modern judicial practice in these cases is gradually beginning to take shape, and the search for slanderers on the Internet is reaching a new level.

The following video contains useful information about libel on the Internet:

Investigation and evidence base

Control over criminal acts on the Internet is entrusted to a specially created unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation - Directorate “K”. In their work, department employees are guided by special rules of the Criminal Code and other laws relating to libel on the Internet and media regulating the computer sphere, which do not define “libel on the Internet.”

The complexity of the investigation lies in the fact that at the legislative level there is no way to bring a site or Internet resource containing publications with false and defamatory information to justice. To protect your rights, you can contact the management of the Internet portal with a statement about the publication of invalid information on the site and provide evidence of their illegality. In case of refusal, you can go to the magistrate's court to bring the perpetrators to justice.

The complexity of the case is as follows:

• the perpetrator uses anonymity;
• labor-intensive process of searching for evidence.

If guilt is proven, a letter will be sent to the site management demanding blocking. account the person who disseminated the slanderous information. If the fact of presenting defamatory information is proven in court, then, by written court order, the owner of the Internet resource is obliged to remove the false information that discredits the honor of the victim.

Punishment and liability for libel on the Internet and the media

for this crime is established by the norm of the Criminal Code, providing the following types alternative punishments for the guilty person:

• application up to 1 million rubles or the amount of earnings in a total amount of up to 1 year;
• in total up to 240 hours.

Judicial practice regarding violation of articles of the legislation of the Russian Federation regarding libel through the Internet and the media is quite extensive; examples are given below.

Judicial practice

Lawsuits in cases of dissemination of libel on the Internet and judicial practice enough already. Some of the most common places for posting false information are social networks, various blogs and dating sites.

Social network

So, in 2013 underage schoolboy created a fake account for his classmate on the social network VKontakte. On this page, the young man published information about her personal life, as well as false information that clearly discredited the dignity of her classmate. A criminal case was opened against the attacker on charges of libel.

The court pronounced a guilty verdict under Art. 128.1 of the Criminal Code with the imposition of punishment in the form of performing compulsory labor. In addition, the girl demanded compensation for moral damages for the publication of information about her personal life. The court granted the petition, setting the amount of compensation in the amount of 50,000 rubles.

In judicial practice, dilemmas arise regarding whether Internet resources are considered media. Since the dissemination of false information in the media is a qualifying sign of an atrocity, for which a more severe punishment is provided. According to the clarifications of the RF Supreme Court, courts must take into account that in the event of publication of invalid or defamatory information on an Internet information resource that is registered as a media outlet, in such claims it is necessary to apply the rules relating to the media. Thus, if false information about a person was posted on a registered Internet resource as a media outlet, then the unlawful act will be qualified under Part 2 of Art. 128.1.

In the following video, a specialist talks about how to sue an online slanderer:

Media

The existence of minimal judicial practice on the dissemination of false slanderous information in the media is due to the fact that it is difficult to attract the heads of various printed publications, editors of newspapers and magazines to criminal liability. However, this does not prevent you from filing a claim for compensation for moral damage.

Citizen Kozlova filed a complaint with the court on a private charge against citizen Petrova. In it, she indicated that Petrova filed a written complaint with the head of the kindergarten, in which she indicated that Kozlova was calling her at work, using obscene language and insults against her. Based on the complaint, an inspection was carried out by the manager, during which it was determined that the facts set out in the complaint did not correspond to the real state of affairs (Kozlova denied this fact).

What is the fine for insult and slander on a personal page on the Internet?

Olga! Libel is a criminal matter. The insult is administrative.

Article 128.1. Slander

Article 5.61. Insult

(introduced Federal law dated 07.12.2011 N 420-FZ)

1. Insult, that is, humiliation of the honor and dignity of another person, expressed in an indecent form, -
entails the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of one thousand to three thousand rubles; on officials- from ten thousand to thirty thousand rubles; for legal entities - from fifty thousand to one hundred thousand rubles.

If you find it difficult to formulate a question, call the toll-free multi-line phone 8 800 505-91-11 , a lawyer will help you

How people are punished and under what charges if they insult and slander you on the Internet.

According to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Article 128.1. Slander
(introduced by Federal Law dated July 28, 2012 N 141-FZ)

1. Slander, that is, dissemination of knowingly false information discrediting the honor and dignity of another person or undermining his reputation, -
shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of up to five hundred thousand rubles or in the amount wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to six months or by compulsory work for a period of up to one hundred and sixty hours.
2. Libel contained in public speaking, publicly displayed work or media, -
shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of up to one million rubles, or in the amount of the wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to one year, or by compulsory labor for a term of up to two hundred and forty hours.
3. Slander committed using one’s official position, -
shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of up to two million rubles, or in the amount of the wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to two years, or by compulsory labor for a period of up to three hundred and twenty hours.
4. Slander that a person suffers from a disease that poses a danger to others, as well as slander combined with accusing a person of committing a crime of a sexual nature, -
shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of up to three million rubles, or in the amount of the wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to three years, or by compulsory labor for a term of up to four hundred hours.
5. Slander combined with accusing a person of committing a grave or especially grave crime, -
shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of up to five million rubles, or in the amount of the wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to three years, or by compulsory labor for a term of up to four hundred eighty hours.

Hello Nadezhda, they are also punished, that is, in the general manner, write a statement to the police under Art. 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, for libel