Criminal-law Governance of Cyberbullying:Focusing on Platform Governance
The grouping characteristic of cyberbullying is an important reason for the governing dilem-ma of"the law cannot be enforced when there are numerous offenders",and also a prerequisite for the participation of network platforms in the governance.Network platforms,responsible for the legal obliga-tion to manage the security of information network,have obvious advantages both in technical gover-nance and prior prevention of cyberbullying.Due to the unclear connotation of the obligation in cyber-bullying governance and the lack of criminal liability for refusing to fulfill the obligation,platforms lack the internal motivation.To consolidate the main responsibility of platforms in cyberbullying gover-nance,it is necessary to clarify the role played by platforms and the specific content of obligations in cyberbullying governance,standardize the initiating procedure of criminal liability,and clear the chan-nels for prosecution,so as to realize effective governance.
cyberbullying governanceproviders of network serviceobligation to manage the security of information networkplatform liabilitycrime prevention