What will be the insult in social networks

Each of us uses a social network. In order to avoid problems with the law, you should carefully filter what you write to your friend, neighbor. After all, no one knows how a person will react to your careless statement. Let's figure out how to punish a person and what gets insulted.

What gets insulted on social media

There are things that fall under 100% offense. Here's what this article covers:

unreasonable nit-picking; rude statements about appearance, clothing, etc .;

obscene jokes;

interference with a person's privacy;

humiliation of national dignity;

obscene language or offensive gestures addressed to a particular citizen.

Insult can be expressed in the following forms: verbally (for example, by phone or in person); in writing (by SMS or by correspondence on the Internet).

If something allows himself such attacks against you, he violates several legislative norms at once and may be brought to administrative or criminal liability.

It is important to know how to punish the abuser

First of all, it is important to take care of the evidence base. It must be assembled as quickly as possible. After all, the offender can delete the correspondence just as quickly. And this is fraught with a counterclaim, fines and other problems, one way or another related to the law. After the evidence base has been collected, you should contact the prosecutor's office. It is the prosecutor who decides the issue of initiating criminal cases with regard to this or that person.

What fines and punishment can be presented to an offender for insulting in social networks?

Until 2013, the offender was punished under Art. 130 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. However, it was subsequently replaced by Art. 5.61 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, implying administrative responsibility for insulting a person in a public place, expressed in an indecent form, or failure to take the necessary measures to prevent actions that humiliate honor and dignity.

As Article 5.61 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation says, "an insult, that is, humiliation of the honor and dignity of another person, expressed in an indecent form" entails the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens - from 1 to 3 thousand rubles, on officials - from 10 to 30 thousand, on legal persons - from 50 to 100 thousand rubles.

Perhaps, after reading this article, you will be more restrained, because the money that will have to be spent on a fine can be spent on much more interesting things.