What if someone keeps harassing me? Is it illegal?

This is illegal. If you are harassed, you can protect yourself by reporting to the public security organ. Those who harass others 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 not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan. Those who constitute a crime shall bear criminal responsibility. Harassment is an act of offending or insulting others through physical or verbal behavior against their will. Common types of harassment are sexual harassment, telephone harassment and spam messages. People usually choose to avoid the malicious harassment of others and will not directly face the infringer. Actually, it's not necessary The infringed should use the law to protect their legitimate rights and interests. If you sue, you must have some evidence. Because of telephone harassment, the party directly faces only one phone number. The parties can prove that it is the other party's number, but they can't prove that it was done by the other party. In this case, in order to prove that the infringement is committed by the other party, it is necessary to adopt special methods such as recording and notarization.

Legal basis:

Article 42 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment, if an actor commits one of the following acts, he shall be detained or fined for less than 5 days, and detained for more than 5 days 10 days and fined.

(1) For example, sending WeChat messages to intimidate others, pulling banners at the victim's door, painting and other methods infringe on others' personal safety.

(2) Abuse or vilify others in public, including the current social software.

(3) Want to retaliate against others, fabricate lies and facts, and attempt to subject others to criminal responsibility and public security management punishment.

(4) Abuse, beating, harassment and other illegal acts against witnesses and their families.

(5) sending obscene pornography, obscene short messages or other violent information to others, disturbing the normal life of citizens.

(6) install a camera, take pictures, eavesdrop on others, steal photos, and spread others' privacy.

Derivative problem:

What should I do if I am maliciously harassed on the Internet?

1. Ask the other party to stop the infringement harassment, such as calling the other party to stop the behavior;

2. Collect evidence in time, such as telephone recordings and chat records;

3, alarm processing;

4. Bring a lawsuit to the court. According to the way of bearing civil liability in the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC), the infringed person can ask the other party to stop the infringement and apologize. If there is actual loss, and it can be proved that there is a causal relationship between the loss and the infringer's behavior, you can also claim economic compensation.