Is it illegal to chat with netizens with other people's photos?

Legal analysis: It is illegal to send photos of others everywhere on the Internet, which infringes on others' portrait rights, but it is not a crime. Portrait interests are the exclusive personal interests of citizens, and no one else may interfere or infringe upon them. Portrait owners have the right to file a lawsuit to safeguard their rights and interests.

Legal basis: Article 10 18 of the Civil Law stipulates that natural persons have the right to make, use, disclose or permit others to use their own portraits according to law.

Portrait is the external image of a specific natural person that can be recognized on a certain carrier through images, sculptures, paintings, etc.

Article 10 19 of the Civil Code: No organization or individual may use information technology to deface, deface or forge others' portrait rights. No portrait shall be made, used or made public without the consent of the owner of the portrait, except as otherwise provided by law.

Without the consent of the portrait owner, the portrait owner shall not use or disclose the portrait of the portrait owner by publishing, copying, distributing, renting or exhibiting.