What is the crime of sending threatening information?

Threatening the safety of others through SMS does not constitute a crime, but its behavior violates the relevant provisions of the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment and should be punished according to law. Be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan. Sending bad information to interfere with the normal life of others refers to the act of sending obscene, insulting, threatening and other bad information many times through letters, telephone calls, meter information networks, or using information in an intrusive way to interfere with the normal life of others. Threatening means threatening others by harming their rights and interests or public interests, which makes them feel fear and panic. If the intimidation or threat is serious, you can consider calling the police, and the public security organ can take administrative detention measures against the other party according to the provisions of the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment. If the circumstances are serious, the criminal responsibility of the other party shall be investigated according to the crime of stirring up trouble. Threatening violates the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment and will seriously constitute a criminal offence.

Legal basis:

Article 42 of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law shall be detained for less than five days or fined less than five hundred yuan for any of the following acts; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and may be fined up to five hundred yuan:

(1) writing threatening letters or threatening the personal safety of others by other means;

(2) publicly insulting others or fabricating facts to slander others;

(3) fabricating facts, falsely accusing and framing others, and attempting to subject others to criminal investigation or public security administration punishment;

(4) Threatening, insulting, beating or retaliating against witnesses and their close relatives;

(five) sending obscene, insulting, threatening or other information for many times, interfering with the normal life of others;

(six) voyeurism, sneak shots, eavesdropping, spreading the privacy of others.

Derivative problem:

What if I receive a threat message? First of all, you receive threatening information. If it endangers your personal safety, you must call the police. Secondly, you should be more careful, always pay attention to the surrounding situation, find, remember or set the alarm phone number of the nearest police station, the phone number of close relatives and friends around you, or set it as one-button call, turn it on at any time and keep it at hand. When something happens, try to press a button to inform as many people as possible to help.