The punishment standards for false advertisements in e-commerce are as follows:
1, false advertising behavior must be serious to constitute the crime of false advertising:
The amount of illegal income is 654.38+10,000 yuan, causing direct economic losses to consumers of more than 500,000 yuan. Although it does not meet the above-mentioned amount standard, it has been subject to administrative punishment more than twice for using advertisements for false propaganda, which has caused personal injury or other serious consequences.
2. Whoever commits the crime of false advertising shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years or criminal detention, and shall also or only be fined.
Main behaviors of false propaganda of e-commerce platform:
1. The service does not exist;
2. The propaganda is inconsistent with the reality;
3. Exaggerate the effect;
4. Fictitious, forged or unverifiable information;
5, misleading consumer propaganda;
6. Prohibition of time limit clauses.
False advertisements will harm consumers in the following aspects:
1 destroys the basic foundation of the authenticity of advertisements, makes consumers doubt advertisements, and affects the positive role of advertisements.
2. As the authenticity of advertisements is destroyed, the property interests and personal interests of consumers are infringed.
3. Potential harm, seriously hindering economic development.
I hope the above content can help you. Please consult a professional lawyer if you have any other questions.
Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Anti-Unfair Competition Law.
Article 23 Where an operator uses advertisements or other methods to make misleading false advertisements for commodities, the supervision and inspection department shall order him to stop the illegal act and eliminate the influence, and may impose a fine of 1000 yuan to 200,000 yuan according to the circumstances;
Twenty-fourth advertising operators, who design, produce and publish false advertisements, shall be ordered by the supervision and inspection departments to stop the illegal acts, confiscate the illegal income and impose a fine according to law;
People's Republic of China (PRC) advertising law
Article 37 A fine refers to a fine of not less than 0 times but not more than 5 times the advertising fee. If the circumstances are serious, you can stop its advertising business; If the case constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law;
Article 38 Advertisers who publish false advertisements to deceive or mislead consumers and harm their legitimate rights and interests shall bear civil liability. Advertising agents and publishers who cannot provide the real name and address of advertisers shall bear all civil liabilities.