Dh500,000 fine, 5-year jail: UAE authority warns against damaging nation's reputation online
The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department has called on the public not to make a mockery or damage the reputation of the country and its institutions online and warned of jail time and a hefty fine for people who do so.
In an advisory posted on X on Tuesday, April 29, the UAE's capital's legal authority said that anyone who publishes information, news, data, visual images, visual materials, or rumours on a website or any information network or technological means with the intention of ridiculing or harming the reputation, prestige or status of the country, its authorities or institutions, will face imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years and a fine not exceeding Dh500,000.
It is according to Article (25) of the Federal Law No. (34) of 2021 regarding combating rumours and cybercrimes.
On April 12, Abu Dhabi Police had issued an advisory asking the public to
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