Chat room

internet chat room

Internet chat room (English: Chat room), referred to as a chat room , is a place where users chat online on the World Wide Web. Pay attention to two major differences with Internet forums: the "room" of a chat room cannot be joined if the number of people reaches the upper limit, and the room name only reflects the chat topic, but the specific chat topic can only be known after entering the room; while there is no limit on the number of participants in an online forum, users choose their own title to post, and other users decide whether to click on the post according to the title. In the late 2000s, mobile instant messaging apps (LINE, WeChat, Tencent QQ, etc.) emerged, and online chat rooms were gradually replaced.

legal regulation

China

In September 2017, the State Internet Information Office launched the " Internet Group Information Service Management Regulations " to regulate chat rooms. That month, "Procuratorial Daily" interviewed Yang Xiaojun, a professor of the National School of Administration, "Yang Xiaojun also believes that the management responsibility is not the understanding of the above-mentioned netizens that "the group owner should also bear the responsibility of the group members' violations of laws and regulations". As for the many civil, administrative and even criminal responsibilities, Yang Xiaojun clearly expressed his opposition: "This view actually makes the group leader bear the responsibility of everyone, and even puts the responsibility of the management department on the group leader. This is neither objective nor possible." The report also interviewed Wang Weiguo, a professor at China University of Political Science and Law. Excessive understanding of responsibility. In fact, as long as the group owner thinks that the expression of the group members is obviously inappropriate based on the judgment of ordinary people, it is considered to have fulfilled the management responsibility. For more professional issues, laws and regulations cannot give excessive responsibility to the group owner. "