What should I do if someone sends a text message to slander you?

Legal analysis: After receiving the defamatory short message from others, the parties can choose to settle it through mutual consultation, or choose a third party (such as the People's Mediation Committee) for mediation, or bring a lawsuit to the people's court according to law. The parties may ask the other party to stop the infringement and apologize. If the slander of the other party causes actual damage, they can ask the other party to compensate for the actual loss.

Legal basis: Article 1024 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC), the civil subject enjoys the right of reputation. No organization or individual may infringe upon the reputation right of others by insulting or slandering. Reputation is a social evaluation of the moral character, reputation, talent and credit of civil subjects.

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, he 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.