On the Criminalization of the Dissemination of Harmful Information to Minors:Based on the Enlightenment of the Regulations on the Protection of Minors Online
Disseminating harmful information to minors endangers their physical and mental health,and at worst induces them to embark on the road of breaking the law and committing crimes,so that both minors and society are harmed.The protection of the physical and mental health of minors in China's criminal law is characterized by fragmentation,lag behind and incompleteness.Combined with the international experience of juvenile judicial protection and the actual needs of local communities,it is urgent to add basic crimes to the criminal legislation to protect the physical and mental health of minors.Based on the revelation of Article 25 of the Regulations on the Protection of Minors Online,the crime of disseminating harmful information to minors should be added to China's criminal law,so as to completely cut off the channels for the flow of harmful information to minors,and strengthen the comprehensive protection of the physical and mental health of minors and the connection between execution.
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