Spreading rumors is a serious illegal act, and those who spread rumors need to bear legal responsibility. Spreading rumors mainly violates legal conditions such as civil liability, administrative liability, and criminal liability.

Legal basis:

According to Article 25 of the "Public Security Management Punishment Law": Anyone who commits any of the following acts shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may be concurrently sentenced to five years A fine of not more than 100 yuan; if the circumstances are relatively minor, a detention of not more than five days or a fine of not more than 500 yuan:

(1) Spreading rumors, falsely reporting dangers, epidemics, police situations, or deliberately disrupting the public in other ways* Prohibiting public order;

(2) Disrupting public order by releasing false explosive, toxic, radioactive, corrosive substances or infectious disease pathogens and other dangerous substances;

( 3) Threatening to set fire, explode or release dangerous substances to disrupt public order.

According to Article 246 of the "Criminal Law": Anyone who openly insults others by violence or other methods or fabricates facts to slander others, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance, or deprivation of political rights. right.

Article 291: Anyone who fabricates terrorist information such as explosive threats, biological threats, or radioactive threats, or knowingly spreads terrorist information that is fabricated, and seriously disrupts social order, shall be sentenced to a fixed term of not more than five years. Imprisonment, criminal detention or surveillance; if serious consequences are caused, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years.

The above are answers to the questions "Is it illegal to spread rumors?" and "What legal conditions are violated?" I hope it will be helpful to you.