The appeal is dismissed.

The grounds of appeal are examined.

The judgment below

Although examining the reasoning in light of the relevant legal principles and evidence duly admitted, the lower court did not err by exceeding the bounds of the principle of free evaluation, contrary to what is alleged in the grounds of appeal, by exceeding the bounds of logical and empirical rules, or by misapprehending the legal doctrine on the perception of false facts, as stipulated in Article 70(2) of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, Etc., “the purpose of slandering”, “the purpose of slandering”, and “the perception of false facts

Therefore, the appeal is dismissed. It is so decided as per Disposition by the assent of all participating Justices on the bench.