Authorities in the United Arab Emirates are warning
social media users that photos of individuals posted online without
their consent could lead to jail.
The comments
carried Monday in Al Ittihad newspaper say posting photos or video
without permission can bring up to six months in prison and fines as
high as 500,000 dirhams, nearly $140,000.
The UAE
has some of the region’s toughest enforcement on Internet restrictions,
but other Gulf countries could follow suit as they harmonize security
and telecommunications policies.
The newspaper
quotes Interior Ministry official Lt. Col. Salah al-Ghoul as saying the
rules apply to social media sites or any “information network.”
In
July, Dubai police arrested a man who posted an Internet video of an
Emirati beating a South Asian motorist after an apparent traffic
altercation.
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