长沙市中院“曾成杰案”微博事件和北卡罗莱纳州法官T脸书事件向法官敲响了慎重使用社交网络的警钟,同时也表明我国应当对法官使用社交网络规制的问题予以重视。法官使用社交网络可能引发以下问题:一是传统法官职业伦理的实际约束力降低;二是社交网络环境下法官不当行为的破坏力扩大;三是引发了传统法官职业伦理规制“盲区”的出现。美国各州最先洞察了法官使用社交网络存在的危机,并制定了相应的规范。为了避免法官使用社交网络所带来的危机,我国有必要对法官使用社交网络的行为予以规制。 The Changsha Intermediate People’s Court’s Zeng Chengjie microblogging incident and North Carolina Judge T Facebook’s incident sounded the alarm on the judiciary’s careful use of social networks and also indicated that our country should provide judges with questions on the use of social network regulation Pay attention. The use of social networks by judges may lead to the following problems: First, the actual binding power of traditional judges’ professional ethics is reduced; second, the destructive power of judges’ misconduct in social network environments is widened; Third, the traditional judges’ ethical regulation “blind spots” is triggered appear. The states of the United States first observed the crisis of judges using social networks and formulated the corresponding norms. In order to avoid the crisis brought about by judges using social networks, it is necessary for our country to regulate the use of social networks by judges.