Analysis of criminal law regulation on defamation by cyber water army

With the development of information network technology, crimes in cyberspace are also increasing. In view of the defamation behavior of using the cyber water army, it is found that it has the development trend of industrialization and concealment, and its serious harm to social order and individual rights and interests. By analyzing the characteristics of defamation in the cyber water army, which are different from traditional defamation in behavior mode and communication mechanism, this paper points out the difficulties faced by the current criminal law in subject identification, plot standard and prosecution procedure. Therefore, it is proposed that people should clearly crack down on the main sponsors and active participants, set quantifiable standards of seriousness of the circumstances, and promote the lowering of the threshold of public prosecution and the improvement of related crimes, so as to build a governance path that takes into account both the cracking effect and the modesty of criminal law.