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The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology, 2021, 3(7); doi: 10.25236/FSST.2021.030708.

The Jurisdiction of Foreign-related Online Defamation and the Determination of the Applicable Law

Author(s)

Yongrui Wang

Corresponding Author:
Yongrui Wang
Affiliation(s)

School of Law, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau

Abstract

Internet defamation arising with the increasing development of the Internet. The efficiency, unboundedness, and wide range of the Internet distinguish Internet defamation from traditional defamation. The traditional jurisdiction and the determination of applicable law seem out of place. Major countries have developed new rules for online defamation based on traditional rules. Our country should introduce the comprehensive and objective "accessibility principle" based on the principle of the most intimate. In terms of the application of the law, the law of the court should be introduced based on the principle of the most intimate, rather than uniformly applying the law of the habitual residence of the infringed.

Keywords

Parallel litigation; Online Defamation; Private international law

Cite This Paper

Yongrui Wang. The Jurisdiction of Foreign-related Online Defamation and the Determination of the Applicable Law. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology (2021) Vol. 3, Issue 7: 40-44. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.2021.030708.

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