Is it illegal to publish chat screenshots without consent?

Legal analysis: It is not illegal, but if your personal information is disclosed, including: user name, avatar, picture, name, etc., it violates the law and violates privacy, and is applicable to civil litigation.

Legal basis: Article 1032 of the Civil Code: Natural persons enjoy the right to privacy. No organization or individual may infringe on the privacy rights of others through spying, intrusion, leakage, disclosure, etc.

Privacy is a natural person’s private life and peace, and the private space, private activities, and private information that he does not want others to know.

Article 1033 of the Civil Code, unless otherwise provided by law or with the express consent of the right holder, no organization or individual may commit the following acts:

(1) Intruding on the private life and peace of others through phone calls, text messages, instant messaging tools, emails, flyers, etc.;

(2) Entering, photographing, and peeping into other people's homes, hotel rooms, and other private spaces;

(3) Photographing, peeping, eavesdropping, and disclosing the private activities of others;

(4) Photographing, peeping at the private parts of others’ bodies;

(5) Dealing with others private information;

(6) Infringe on the privacy rights of others in other ways.