The Conflict Of Freedom Of Speech

In the context of the Internet era, the method of citizens to express their opinions are becoming more and more diverse, the moments of WeChat has become a platform for many citizens to express their opinions. Freedom of expression is one of the basic citizen rights in the constitution of PRC, but the freedom of expression also has its limit, and needs to be reasonably restricted. The right of expression freedom in the Moments could be regarded as an extension of the right of expression freedom in the WeChat software, which should also be reasonably limited. The boundary of freedom of expression determines what people are allowed to express and what are restricted, and in this way it makes sure the execution of people’s right of expression freedom. All in all, the restrictions on the We Chat Moments are a protection of freedom of expression.The first part of this paper mainly introduces and analyzes the characteristics of the WeChat Moments a virtual community from the main functions, user groups, content characteristics, expression mechanism and other aspects as. In the second part, the basic theory of the boundary of freedom of expression is interpreted, and the connotation of the freedom of expression in the WeChat Moments is discussed. The third part analyzes and compares the similarities and differences of provisions in WeChat Moments and other similar virtual community for expression freedom, by sorting and listing the existing domestic law related to freedom of expression in We Chat Moments, taking this as a starting point, in the status of the law of our country, finding problems and the corresponding solutions. In addition, the network expression provisions of the Canada are listed to find a way for the domestic legal system establishing. The fourth part try to draw lessons from the theory of the criminal law in the general constitutive elements of crime, attempting to define concept and criteria the illegal expressions.WeChat Moments, the typical representative of Social Network, is a new platform citizens execute their right to freely express themselves. With its positive influence, in a certain extent, it helps the citizens the fully execute the right of freedom of expression. On the other hand, there still exists possibility of cross-border expression which could violate the right of other citizens. Whether the WeChat Moments will be able to continue to play the role of the platform that allows people to execute right of freedom of expression, is depending on the perfection of legal regulation, supervisor of the daemon of WeChat Moments in accordance with the law of expression freedom and cognition that WeChat Moments users hold to execute the right to freely of express.