Analysis of the Meaning of"News Reporting'and"Supervision by Public Opinion"in The Civil Code
In terms of communication provisions,one of the important functions of personality rights series in The Civil Code is to balance the protection of the personality rights of civil subject with the rights of journalism and public opinion monitoring.In order to realize this function,it is very necessary to understand the meaning of"news reporting"and"supervision by public opinion"in the legal sense.However,the existing Interpretation of The Civil Code is vague on this issue,leaving much room for discussion.Through the interpretation and judicial application of the civil law system,it is suggested that the connotation of"news reporting"shall be of political orientation,public opinion and values and is published by or reprinted from the subject of an administrative licence,while"supervision of public opinion"is a change from the old law's writing.This is a replacement for the wording of the old law"writing and publishing critical articles".In the judicial application,a distinction should be made between"news reporting"and"supervision by public opinion",and it should be made clear that some of the acts of"supervision by public opinion"are not done for the purpose of public interest.
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