Is threatening to send a message a threat?

Legal analysis: 1. There is no crime of intimidation in law, but there are relevant penalties-sending threats and intimidating information to others through communication tools, which makes others feel fear and crisis, which belongs to the crime of provoking trouble in criminal law.

2. However, only serious cases will constitute the crime of stirring up trouble, and minor cases can only be regarded as illegal acts, which only affect public order, and a fine of not more than 500 yuan and detention of not more than 5 days will be imposed.

Legal basis: criminal law

Article 293 Whoever commits one of the following acts of provoking troubles and disrupting social order shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance:

(a) beating others at will, and the circumstances are bad;

(two) chasing, intercepting, insulting or intimidating others, and the circumstances are bad;

(three) extortion or arbitrary damage, occupation of public or private property, if the circumstances are serious;

(4) Causing serious disorder in public places.

Whoever gathers people for many times to commit the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph and seriously undermines social order shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years and may also be fined.