Legal basis:
Article 211th of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)? After examining a case of private prosecution, the people's court shall handle it according to the following circumstances: (1) A case with clear criminal facts and sufficient evidence shall be heard in court; (2) In a case of private prosecution lacking criminal evidence, if the private prosecutor cannot provide supplementary evidence, he shall persuade the private prosecutor to withdraw the private prosecution or make a ruling to dismiss it. If the private prosecutor refuses to appear in court without justifiable reasons after being summoned twice according to law, or withdraws from court without the permission of the court, it shall be treated as withdrawal. In the course of court hearing, if the judges have doubts about the evidence and need to investigate and verify it, the provisions of Article 196 of this Law shall apply.
Extended data
If citizens encounter online slander, they can save relevant evidence and report it to the police station of the public security organ in their jurisdiction, and the public security organ will investigate and deal with it according to law. During this period, the whistleblower can consult the unit that accepts the case.
In the new regulations, "being forwarded 500 times or being clicked 5000 times" is based on the actual click, and the relevant statistics belong to the investigation work of the public security organs, and the whistleblower does not need to know. In the process of handling the case, the public security organ will inform the informant of the corresponding situation according to law.