Commentary: Laws imperative to curb Internet irregularities (3)

Earlier this month, director Li Jing who was in charge of the publicity of the film "The Last Supper" admitted to having recruited Internet mercenaries to rate the movie with high marks and spread favorable comments online.

She said the team had to use this unwise ploy after her film had been smeared heavily by mercenaries hired by others and its survival was threatened.

Some netizens even speculated that the online muckraking of some officials was manipulated by their competitors to make them fall.

The Internet's positive effect must be ensured by a sound legal framework and its firm implementation.

If there is no strict legal punishments on the violators in cyber space, the negative factors will run wild to destroy the Internet order and even incite online violence, which will bring great damage to people and society.

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