Is it illegal to upload other people’s private videos?

Legal analysis: It is an illegal act. Malicious dissemination of other people's privacy will cause infringement. Disseminating private videos online without permission is a violation of public security management regulations and is also a civil infringement. Victims can not only call the police, but also directly file a lawsuit to defend their rights.

The law stipulates that Article 42 of the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law" who commits any of the following acts shall be detained for not more than 5 days or fined not more than 500 yuan; if the circumstances are more serious, he shall be sentenced to not less than 5 days but not more than 10 days. Detention may be imposed and a fine of not more than 500 yuan may be imposed:

Sending obscene, insulting, threatening or other information multiple times to interfere with the normal life of others;

Peeping, secretly filming, eavesdropping, or spreading information about others Private.

Legal basis: "The People's Republic of China and the Civil Code"

Article 1032: Natural persons enjoy the right to privacy. No organization or individual may infringe on the privacy rights of others through spying, intrusion, leakage, disclosure, etc.

Privacy is a natural person’s private life and peace, and the private space, private activities, and private information that he does not want others to know.

Article 1,033 Unless otherwise provided by law or with the express consent of the right holder, no organization or individual may carry out the following acts:

(1) By phone or text message , instant messaging tools, emails, flyers, etc. to intrude on the private life and peace of others;

(2) Enter, photograph, and peek into other people's homes, hotel rooms and other private spaces;

(3) Photographing, peeping, eavesdropping, and disclosing others’ private activities;

(4) Photographing, peeping at the private parts of others’ bodies;

(5) Processing others’ private information;

(6) Infringe on the privacy rights of others in other ways.