信息战是一种新型的武装冲突。尽管大多数人同意应该对信息战施加法律限制,但国际社会对国际人道法应如何适用于信息战没能达成共识。与常规战争相比,信息战更可能违反中立原则;许多网络上的攻击都不可避免地会违背国际人道法,并使网络上的冲突比常规战争更易违犯国际人道法。国际人道法应该在信息战中得到广泛适用,并为各国在这方面提供更好的指导原则。 Information warfare is a new kind of armed conflict. Although most agree that there should be legal restrictions on information warfare, the international community has failed to reach consensus on how international humanitarian law should apply to information warfare. Information warfare is more likely to violate the principle of neutrality than conventional warfare; many cyberattacks will inevitably violate IHL and make cybercrime more prone to violating IHL than conventional warfare. International humanitarian law should be widely applied in information warfare and provide countries with better guidance in this regard.