Brit detained in Dubai over WhatsApp message
A British human resources manager has been held in Dubai after her Ukrainian flatmate lodged a police complaint over a “rude” WhatsApp...
Daniel Rivera of Skyline International Free Speech organisation, live with Radha Stirling
Free speech organisation Skyline, talks with Radha Stirling on censorship, cybercrime laws, big tech and governmental attacks on human...
Visitors to Dubai at “great risk” of being jailed under “cybercrime laws” that affect whatsapp, face
In the UAE, before you say anything online, you should consider whether or not you would be comfortable saying it in front of the police;...
How Social Media can turn an average person into a UAE Criminal.
Although we have seen numerous arrests over the years relating to cybercrime, the application of this law to social media insults, is...
If you had the same Cybercrime laws in your country, would you be in jail too?
If you had the same Cybercrime laws in your country, would you be in jail too? Emirati man sentenced to three months in prison...
Beware the UAE Cybercrime Laws
Background: The new Cyber Crimes Laws came into effect in December 2012 (Federal Law No. 5 of 2012) and has recently been published in...