Can multimedia messages involving pornography be sent out?

Legal analysis: Yellow messages can generally be sent out. However, sending pornographic multimedia messages belongs to spreading obscene articles, and if the circumstances are serious, it constitutes a crime of spreading obscene articles, and criminal responsibility should be investigated.

Legal basis: Article 364 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) disseminates obscene books, periodicals, movies, audio-visual, pictures or other obscene articles. If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, criminal detention or public surveillance.

Whoever organizes the broadcast of obscene movies, videos and other audio-visual products shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined.

Whoever makes or copies obscene movies, videos and other audio-visual products for broadcasting shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph.

Whoever disseminates obscene articles to minors under the age of 18 shall be given a heavier punishment.