Is it illegal to post other people’s chat history on Douyin?

Legal analysis: Internet infringement is illegal. Acts in which the perpetrator infringes upon the property and personal rights of others due to fault and shall bear civil liability in accordance with the law, as well as other acts that cause harm to others for which the actor shall bear civil liability in accordance with special provisions of the law.

Legal basis: "The People's Republic of China and the Civil Code"

Article 1032: 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 1034: The personal information of natural persons is protected by law.

Personal information is a variety of information recorded electronically or in other ways that can identify a specific natural person alone or in combination with other information, including the natural person's name, date of birth, ID number, biometric information, address, Phone number, email address, health information, whereabouts information, etc.

For private information in personal information, the provisions on privacy rights shall apply; if there are no provisions, the provisions on personal information protection shall apply.