Is it illegal to watch pornographic websites?

Legal analysis: If it is in private space, it is not illegal to watch pornography online. China's relevant laws do not stipulate that it is illegal to watch pornographic movies on websites. Freedom is not prohibited by law, so it is not illegal to watch porn online. However, if you touch the behavior stipulated in the following laws and regulations, it constitutes an illegal crime. Yellow websites, also known as pornographic websites, refer to content websites that disseminate obscene and pornographic information. Because pornographic information is harmful to the physical and mental health of minors, many countries have regulations. In China, pornographic websites are illegal, and the dissemination of obscene pornographic content needs to be investigated for legal responsibility. Some websites are not obscene as a whole, but some websites contain obscene content, which is harmful to the physical and mental health of ordinary people, especially minors, and lacks information content such as words, pictures, audio and video with artistic and scientific value. Websites with such information also belong to pornographic websites.

Legal basis: Article 68 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment makes, transports, copies, sells, rents obscene books, periodicals, pictures, films, audio-visual products and other obscene articles, or uses computer information networks, telephones and other communication tools to spread obscene information, and shall be detained for more than 10 days and less than 15 days, and may also be fined less than 3,000 yuan; If the circumstances are minor, they shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan.

Article 364 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, criminal detention or public surveillance. Whoever organizes the broadcast of obscene movies, videos and other audio-visual products shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined. Whoever makes or copies obscene movies, videos and other audio-visual products for broadcasting shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph. Whoever disseminates obscene articles to minors under the age of 18 shall be given a heavier punishment.