Is text message insult a crime of intimidation?

The behavior of slandering and intimidating through text messages is an illegal act that violates the "Public Security Management Punishment Law". It is not a criminal act and will not constitute a crime. Anyone who writes threatening letters or uses other methods to threaten the personal safety of others shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan; if the circumstances are more serious, he shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than 10 days, and may be fined not more than 500 yuan.

Legal Basis

Article 42 of the "Public Security Management Punishment Law" who commits any of the following acts shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan; if the circumstances are more serious, , be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than five hundred yuan: (1) Those who write threatening letters or use other methods to threaten the personal safety of others; (2) Those who openly insult others or fabricate facts to slander others; (3) ) Fabricating facts and falsely accusing others in an attempt to subject others to criminal prosecution or public security penalties; (4) Threatening, insulting, beating or retaliating against witnesses and their close relatives; (5) Repeatedly sending obscene, insulting, Intimidation or other information that interferes with the normal life of others; (6) Peeping, filming, eavesdropping, or spreading other people's privacy.