UDN president Chang Tsuo-chin favors eliminating criminal penalties for slander, preferring instead to deter it by large civil compensation payments, which might be more effective in protecting people's privacy and reputations.
聯合報社長張作錦也贊成「誹謗除罪化」，即媒體誹謗不應以刑法定罪，而應參考先進國家的作法，以高額民事損害賠償來嚇阻誇大不實、損害名譽的報導。