网络谣言型寻衅滋事罪的适用研究

Research on the Application of the Crime of Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble Based on Cyber Rumors

摘要: 编造、故意传播虚假信息罪的设立加剧了网络谣言型寻衅滋事罪的争议，众多学者依托前者对后者加以批驳并要求替代，然而后者规制网络谣言合理、合法、必要。一来涉网络谣言相关行为具有起哄闹事性质，符合罪名构成要件。二来网络空间秩序属于社会秩序，满足罪名场域要求。三来寻衅滋事罪虚假信息内涵广泛能够满足日新月异的社会需求。四是该罪相关刑罚与规制网络虚假信息的其他罪名形成衔接，由此严密刑事法网。因此，应当在重视法律位阶的前提下，明确罪名相关入罪标准，合理利用其他现有罪名阻抑该罪“口袋化”，在做好权利与秩序的利益平衡中实现寻衅滋事罪的合理适用。

Abstract: The establishment of the crime of fabricating and intentionally spreading false information has intensified the controversy over the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trou-ble on the Internet. Many scholars rely on the former to refute the latter and ask for its replacement. However, the crime of picking quarrels and provoking troubles is reasonable, legal and necessary to regulate Internet rumors. First, the behaviors related to online rumors have the nature of causing trouble and meet the elements of the crime. Second, the cyberspace order belongs to the social or-der and meets the requirements of the crime scene. Third, the false information on the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble has a wide range of connotations and can meet the ev-er-changing needs of the society. Fourth, the relevant penalties for this crime are linked with other crimes that regulate online false information, thus tightening the criminal law network. Therefore, under the premise of attaching importance to legal rank, the relevant criminalization standards should be clarified, other existing charges should be reasonably used to prevent the “pocketization” of this crime, rights and order should be balanced, and the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble should be reasonably applied.