What is the crime of threatening to send a text message?

The crimes of threatening by texting are as follows:

1. Crime of provocation: insulting or intimidating others, if the circumstances are bad, will constitute the crime of provocation, conviction and sentencing;

2. Public security administration punishment: if the circumstances are minor, administrative punishment shall be given in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment;

3. Defamation: intimidating others through short messages, fabricating and spreading fictional facts, demeaning others' personality and damaging their reputation, and the circumstances are serious;

4. General illegal act: if the circumstances are not serious, it is a general illegal act and may be subject to administrative punishment.

Legal consequences of threatening behavior:

1. If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility may be investigated. According to the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), he can be prosecuted for the crimes of stirring up trouble, intentional injury and threats.

2. If the act does not constitute a crime, but infringes on the legitimate rights and interests of others, it may need to bear civil liability, such as compensation for mental damage;

3. The perpetrator may be subject to administrative penalties, such as administrative detention and fines;

4. If the perpetrator is a specific industry or professional, he may be subject to professional disciplinary action, such as warning, demerit recording, demotion, dismissal, etc. ;

5. The bad behavior of the actor may be recorded in the personal credit record, which will affect his future credit evaluation and social activities.

To sum up, the crime of threatening and intimidating by texting includes the crime of stirring up trouble, the crime of administrative punishment for public security, the crime of libel and general illegal acts, and may be subject to criminal conviction, sentencing or administrative punishment according to the seriousness of the case.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law

Article 42

One of the following acts shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and may be fined up to five hundred yuan:

(1) writing threatening letters or threatening the personal safety of others by other means;

(2) publicly insulting others or fabricating facts to slander others;

(3) fabricating facts, falsely accusing and framing others, and attempting to subject others to criminal investigation or public security administration punishment;

(4) Threatening, insulting, beating or retaliating against witnesses and their close relatives;

(5) sending obscene, insulting, intimidating or other information for many times to interfere with the normal life of others;

(six) voyeurism, sneak shots, eavesdropping, spreading the privacy of others.