Is it illegal to owe money and not pay back friends?

It is not illegal to announce the debtor's arrears in the WeChat circle of friends.

It is illegal to illegally publicize other people's privacy in the WeChat circle of friends, or to fabricate facts to publicly vilify other people's personality and damage their reputation by insulting or slandering others. Reputation is a comprehensive social evaluation of citizens' morality, talent, reputation and image. The act of publicizing debtors' debts does not belong to insulting or slandering debtors.

If there is evidence that the debtor fails to repay on time, you only disclose the name of the debtor and the fact that the debtor failed to repay, which is an objective evaluation of others' behavior and does not damage their reputation. It is not illegal to fabricate, spread false facts or insult others.

Privacy refers to the right that a natural person enjoys to control his own private interests, such as private information, private activities, private space, etc., which have nothing to do with public interests, and others may not infringe upon it; However, the protection of privacy is limited, on the premise of not infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of others and not endangering the public interest. The debtor's default behavior violates the relevant provisions of the contract law and infringes on the interests of creditors, which is illegal. Therefore, publicizing the debtor's arrears is not an invasion of privacy.

However, it should be noted that in the WeChat circle of friends, we should pay attention to rational and civilized terms and do not use insulting words; Besides the debtor's name, other personal information, such as home address, mobile phone number, ID number, etc. , can't disclose.