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China's top court highlights online-violence crackdown with typical cases

( March 3, 2026, 04:44 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: China’s Supreme People’s Court released five typical cases underscoring its crackdown on online violence and related crimes, spanning offenses from cyber defamation and online insults to the misuse of personal data and the use of digital platforms for extortion and commercial smears. In one case, two defendants, identified as Wu and Chen, were convicted of infringing citizens’ personal information after paying 13,150 yuan ($1,800) for 1,442 records — including hotel stays and air and rail travel data — and using selected details to concoct and spread defamatory posts targeting a middle-school teacher in Jiangsu Province. Citing the Criminal Law, a court in Suzhou sentenced Wu to 11 months in prison and fined the defendant 2,000 yuan, while Chen received a one-year prison term and a 2,000 yuan fine.Statement follows (in Chinese). ...

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