Is it illegal to send text messages to swear?

Hello, 1. According to the General Principles of the Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and Article 101 of the Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), citizens and legal persons enjoy the right of reputation, and the personal dignity of citizens is protected by law. It is strictly forbidden to damage the reputation of citizens and legal persons by insulting or slandering.

2. Generally, slight abuse is just an illegal act and is not suspected of committing a crime. According to Article 42 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment, anyone who commits one of the following acts shall 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 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;

(5) sending obscene, insulting, intimidating or other information for many times to interfere with the normal life of others;

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

3. If the circumstances are serious, in accordance with the provisions of Article 246 of the Criminal Law, by violence or other means, he may commit the crime of infringing on the right of reputation, publicly insulting others or fabricating facts to slander others. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights.