How do courts generally deal with insulting others by short messages?

Legal analysis: it depends on the specific situation. If the circumstances are serious, such as bad means, the consequences of libel are serious (such as the victim committing suicide because of libel, mental disorder caused by slander, etc.). ), and repeated defamation will constitute a crime of defamation, punishable by fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights. If it does not constitute a crime, it shall not be sentenced.

Legal basis: Article 246 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) publicly insults others or fabricates facts to slander others by violence or other means. If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights. The crimes mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be dealt with only if they are told, except those that seriously endanger social order and national interests. If the victim informs the people's court of the acts specified in the first paragraph through the information network, but it is really difficult to provide evidence, the people's court may request the public security organ to provide assistance.