Debt disputes, privacy violations, Zhang Jike responds like this!
[4] Compiled from: Red Star News
Case review
Recently, some netizens revealed that retired athlete Zhang Jike was involved in illegal activities such as gambling debt disputes and infringement of others' privacy.
On March 31, a blogger once again posted that the incident of Zhang Jike disseminating videos of an actress was true, and the incident also led to a criminal case.
On the afternoon of March 31, Zhang Jike's studio reposted a lawyer's statement. The lawyer's statement said that it has been retained to handle infringement matters involving Mr. Zhang Jike on online platforms such as Sina Weibo and Toutiao. The legal team has now begun evidence collection regarding the infringement and will file lawsuits against key infringing users who have repeatedly posted or refused to delete infringing content and caused significant negative impact, in order to protect Mr. Zhang Jike's lawful rights and interests.
The
[1] The People's Republic of China
Civil Code
Article 1024
Civil subjects enjoy the right to reputation. No organization or individual may infringe upon others’ right to reputation by means of insult, defamation, or the like.
Reputation refers to the social evaluation of a civil subject’s moral character, prestige, talent, credit, and the like.
Article 1025
Where a person engages in news reporting, public opinion supervision, or similar activities for the public interest, thereby affecting another person's reputation, they shall not bear civil liability, except in any of the following circumstances:
(1) Fabricating or distorting facts;
(2) Failing to fulfill the duty of reasonable verification regarding seriously inaccurate content provided by others;
(3) Using insulting language or other means to degrade another person's reputation.
[1] The author's perspective
These past few days, the matter between Zhang Jike and Jing Tian has caused quite a stir. What appears to be a simple issue may actually involve both criminal and civil aspects. Regardless of whether Zhang Jike truly used Jing Tian's private videos to exchange for financial gain, this serves as a reminder to the general public that personal information must be protected at all times, whether from the perspective of privacy rights or from the perspective of reputation rights. In the modern era, online information spreads extremely quickly, and the level of security for information storage still needs improvement, which has led to a great number of similar infringement cases. Therefore, when personal information is infringed upon, one must have the courage and, more importantly, the skill to take up legal weapons to safeguard one's lawful rights and interests, rather than pinning one's hopes on unorthodox means.
