Those who use information networks to provide paid information deletion services will be convicted and punished for the crime of illegal business operations.

The "Interpretations of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases Using Information Networks to Commit Defamation and Other Criminal Cases" stipulates:

Article 7: Violation of national regulations, For the purpose of profit, providing paid information deletion services through information networks, or providing paid information release and other services through information networks knowing that it is false information, disrupting market order, and falling into any of the following circumstances:

(1) ) The illegal business amount of an individual is more than 50,000 yuan, or the illegal income amount is more than 20,000 yuan; (2) The illegal business amount of an unit is more than 150,000 yuan, or the illegal income amount is more than 50,000 yuan above. If the illegal business behavior is "serious", in accordance with the provisions of Article 225 (4) of the "Criminal Law", he will be convicted and punished for the crime of illegal business.

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Two "internet trolls" in Yiwu were sentenced to pay for deleting posts:

On December 11, reporters learned that the Yiwu Court recently heard and sentenced A case involving "paid deletion of posts" on the Internet. Feng Moumou (female, born in 1989) and Huang Moumou (male, born in 1994) were sentenced to two years and ten months and three years in prison respectively for committing illegal business crimes. They were both fined 220,000 yuan and Confiscate personal illegal gains.

Beginning in September 2019, Feng Moumou and Huang Moumou searched for "negative public relations" on QQ, joined a large number of groups, and cast a wide net to publish advertisements. Their customers come from all walks of life, including not only celebrities and Internet celebrities, but also businesses and ordinary individuals.

Among them, Huang Moumou’s first order was received from a person who was responsible for handling the negative public opinion of a certain gourmet short video internet celebrity. As of the time of the incident, the two had made nearly 250,000 yuan in profits in just a few months.

The court held that Feng Moumou and Huang Moumou violated national regulations and provided paid information deletion services through information networks for the purpose of profit, disrupting the market order. The circumstances were serious and their actions constituted illegality. business crime.

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