Should "retweeting" be a crime?

[Benton]

These are two different issues.

If you tell someone... Anyone... It's no longer private. If you put it on your social media (public like Facebook) or send a private message to someone, it's not a private message. In the case of the private message, it's up to the recipient as to what they do with it.

But if you share something with the intent of harming someone, then yes, it could be a crime.

It all boils down to intent. So is retweeting a crime? No. Is sharing communications with the intent to harm someone? Yes.