Can the police check the content of the information?

Legal analysis: the police can check the content of short messages. In order to investigate the case, the police have the right to retrieve mobile phone text messages and call content, that is, to take technical investigation measures, but it is strictly restricted. According to relevant laws, technical investigation measures must be taken in strict accordance with the types of approved measures, the applicable objects and the time limit. Investigators should keep confidential the state secrets, business secrets and personal privacy they know in the process of taking technical investigation measures, and must destroy the materials irrelevant to the case obtained by taking technical investigation measures in time.

Legal basis: Article 152 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) adopts technical investigation measures, which must be implemented in strict accordance with the approved types, applicable objects and time limit.

Investigators should keep confidential the state secrets, business secrets and personal privacy they know in the process of taking technical investigation measures; Materials irrelevant to the case obtained through technical investigation must be destroyed in time.

The materials obtained by technical investigation measures can only be used for investigation, prosecution and trial of crimes, and shall not be used for other purposes.

The public security organs shall take technical investigation measures according to law, and the relevant units and individuals shall cooperate with them and keep the relevant information confidential.