مسئولیت پسند (لایک) پیام قبیح دیگران در فضای مجازی مبتنی بر قاعده اعانت بر اثم. (Persian)

Responsibility of Liking Others' Obscene Message in Cyberspace, Based on Principle of Abetting Sin. (English)

Virtual space has provided multi-way interactions, exchange and data sharing. A specific aspect of the virtual space is to "like" messages of others. As publishing of messages in social networks has specific goals and different reasons, liking messages may also be done for different reasons and purposes; rather, in many cases, people like images and messages without knowing their content. Is liking obscene messages of others, which are against morals, Shari'a and law, a violation of law, making the person responsible for their liking? If the responsibility is proven, will the punishment be only in the Hereafter or both in this world and the next world? Does the intention of the liker have an effect on creating responsibility? Using the descriptive-analytical method, along with explanation, analysis and conclusion, this research shows that if a criminal or obscene message that is published in a virtual public space by a user is liked by other users, the worldly and Hereafter responsibility of the liker is proven based on the law on prohibition of aiding and abetting sin. Also, the condition of intention is not valid, because some jurists do not consider the intention to be a condition for abetting sin. However, in cases where the distribution and liking a message is via a private page that does not conflict with the security and public order of the society, according to the divine order in terms of not spying people's personal affairs and respecting the privacy of others, the principle of acquittance (barᾱ'at) is implicated and so the liker has no (worldly) responsibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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