Is it illegal to forward other people's photos and reveal privacy?

Legal analysis: According to the relevant laws, citizens' privacy should be known to the outside world. There are many types of privacy, such as information, videos and pictures. Some people will forward other people's information and pictures, and it is illegal to reveal other people's privacy when forwarding pictures. Need to bear tort liability, the party who leaks privacy can also be given administrative penalties for public security.

Legal basis: Article 42 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment commits one of the following acts, and shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he 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: (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.

People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code

Article 1032 Natural persons have the right to privacy. No organization or individual may infringe upon the privacy rights of others by spying, harassing, exposing or making public. Privacy is the private space, private activities and private information that natural people live in peace and don't want to be known by others.

Article 103 Unless otherwise provided by law or expressly agreed by the obligee, no organization or individual may commit the following acts: (1) Interfere with the private life and peace of life of others by means of telephone, short messages, instant messaging tools, e-mails, leaflets, etc. ; (2) Entering, taking photos or peeping into other people's private spaces such as houses and hotel rooms; (3) Shooting, peeping, eavesdropping or revealing other people's private activities; (4) Shooting or peeping at the private parts of others' bodies; (5) handling other people's private information; (6) Infringe upon the privacy of others in other ways.