Research On Legal Issues Of Protection And Restriction About The Public Figures’ Reputation

As a public figure in a certain range or time period, was well known or where thecommuning have an important impact on the field, and closely related to social andpublic interests. From different factors impacted the types of public figures, therewere responsible public figures and public figures without power factor; there werevolunteering type and not voluntary. Compare with general reputation, thecharacteristics of public figures’ right of reputation included specificity of the subject,correlation of public interest, specificity of being damaged and restrictive ofprotection. The civil protection mode of public figures’ right of reputation should berestricted by free speech rights; right to know; right of supervision guaranteed by theconstitution. The restriction is inherent need of checking and balancing betweenpower and rights. Under the principle of following public interests, the principle ofdistinction, the principle of protection of state secrets and the principle of restrictionof procreative rights; the restriction of public figures’ right of reputation put intopractice the regulation of news sources, the regulation of the authenticity of reports,the regulation of public figure agree; the regulation of fair comment and well-meaningcriticism; the regulation of actual malice, the regulations of minor damage and priorrestraint. Meanwhile, I advocate that we should build litigation and compensation ofmalicious false, and set the regulation of actual malice. So we have clear laws inabusing of restriction of public figures’ right of reputation.