论社交网络通信账号的继承  

On the Inheritance of Social Network Communication Accounts

作　　者：高勇[1] 张佳美 Gao Yong;Zhang Jiamei(School of Law,Harbin University of Commerce,Harbin,Heilongjiang,150028,China)

机构地区：[1]哈尔滨商业大学法学院,黑龙江哈尔滨150028

出　　处：《牡丹江师范学院学报(社会科学版)》2025年第2期72-79,共8页Journal of Mudanjiang Normal University(Social Sciences Edition)

摘　　要：社交网络通信账号是基于特定网络服务平台,用于实现用户身份认证、信息交流、内容分享的数字身份载体。《中华人民共和国民法典》(以下简称《民法典》)第127条规定了网络虚拟财产受法律保护但未涉及其继承问题。社交网络通信账号属于网络虚拟财产,账号本身承载人格权益,但其内容具有财产属性,这种属性混同易使社交网络通信账号在适用继承规则时陷入“合法性承认与可操作性缺失”的困境。社交网络通信账号继承还面临网络服务提供商的限制、隐私保护的阻碍及继承主体范围界定难等现实挑战。为消除社交网络通信账号继承障碍,应区分账号本体与其内容的不同法律属性;否定服务协议中限制账号内容继承的格式条款效力;明确账号内容的继承规则,包括继承的主体范围、顺序及不同内容的继承方式,以维护数字遗产流转秩序,防范虚拟财产继承可能引发的次生风险。Social network communication accounts are digital identity carriers based on specific network service platforms,used for user identity verification,information exchange,and content sharing.Article 127 of the Civil Code generally stipulates that virtual property on the internet is protected by law,but it doesn't address the inheritance of such virtual property.Social network communication accounts fall under the category of virtual property on the internet.The accounts themselves carry personal rights and interests,but their contents have property attributes.This conflation of attributes can easily lead to the dilemma of"lack of legal recognition and operability"when applying inheritance rules to social network communication accounts.The inheritance of social network communication accounts also faces practical challenges such as restrictions by network service providers,obstacles from privacy protection,and difficulties in defining the scope of inheritance subjects.To eliminate the obstacles to the inheritance of social network communication accounts,it's essential to distinguish the different legal attributes of the accounts themselves and their contents;invalidate standard terms in service agreements that restrict the inheritance of account contents;and clarify the inheritance rules for account contents,including the scope,order,and methods of inheritance for different contents,in order to maintain the order of digital heritage transfer and prevent secondary risks that may arise from the inheritance of virtual property.

关 键 词：网络虚拟财产 社交网络通信账号 用户服务协议 继承 

分 类 号：D923.5[政治法律—民商法学] D922.16[政治法律—法学]