New Crimes in the Era of Digital Economy and the Criminal Law's Response
At present,human society is experiencing an information revolution,following the agricultural revolution and the industrial revolution.The rapid development of information network technology has positioned the digital economy as a significant influencer in the world economic development,and China also attaches great importance to the development of digital economy.However,in the process of developing the digital economy,emerging challenges in the criminal law such as defining the criminal nature of data,the characteristics of network help behavior,and addressing crimes involving artificial intelligence,have revealed inadequacies in the existing criminal law provisions and traditional criminal law theories.At present,the criminal law's response to digital economy-related crimes,such as the lagging concept of governance,the offside adjustment of criminal law and the inappropriate application methods.To effectively address these challenges,it is essential to update the governance concept of criminal law concerning digital economy crimes,reaffirm the restrained and cautious use of criminal law in the era of information network,respect the boundaries of criminal law when interpreting criminal law provisions,and adhere to the principle of statutory punishment.These measures represent rational and appropriate responses to the new crimes in the era of digital economy.
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