Simple insults, which couples and friends routinely do in their daily lives in a kind of joking, or during a tantrum, can pass quietly and lose their impact in minutes or less. But they turn into nightmares for their owners after they move to chat applications, specifically Watts Ab.
A large number of cases were dealt with by the state courts for persons who had not previously entered a police station because of a joke, photo or video clip, most notably the case of a husband who was referred to the judiciary for a text message describing his wife as "idiots." A woman criticized the behavior of her husband, Another letter, because of her anger at his reaction with her in one of the positions, did not tolerate her words and dragged her to justice.
A prominent case in the Dubai Criminal Court is the case of a 21-year-old Gulf student who told the police about her brother because of a text message he described as "the animal" and threatened to slaughter her for traveling without family permission and renting an apartment in Dubai.
The victim said in a public prosecutor's investigation that she received a text message from her brother threatening to slay her, and that he described it as "animal" in another letter, which she reported.
The court also began to consider charging an Asian chef with threatening to kill a person acting as a "deputy director" in a company if he did not leave his wife in the same condition. The prosecution also charged him with a misdemeanor offense using an information network. He sent messages to the victim and his mother through the application of Watts Ab.
The victim reported that the threats he had given him had caused him panic and fear, because he felt the seriousness of the threat.
At the end, the Dubai Public Prosecution referred to an Asian businessman who threatened - through Watts - an Arab man to commit adultery, if he did not relinquish a statement that the latter had issued against him in the police. The prosecution accused him of committing a felony, IT means, in addition to misdemeanor misuse.
The victim, an accountant, stated that he had sold a Porsche Cayenne vehicle to the defendant for 300,000 dirhams, and three days later he was surprised by the contact with the accused. He also sent him insulting words and threats through the application of Watts Ab, and decided to take a judicial action against him.
For his part, lawyer Mohamed Awami Al-Mansouri told «Emirates Today», that many people do not realize the seriousness of what they are dealing through social media, especially chat applications, because they write what they usually say, unaware that they document the evidence of their own conviction, and this happens in fits Anger or joking, pointing out that he dealt with several issues had a couple or two friends have a strong relationship, and suddenly turned against each other, taking advantage of the message was normal yesterday and became evidence of condemnation today.
He adds that one of the most important issues he has dealt with is a high-level employee who had a friendly relationship with someone. He asked him for something, and he gave him a text message that contained a vulgar word that many friends usually do. But was later surprised by his friend suing him, because of this phrase.
"The employee lived a real nightmare, and the situation worsened when he was sentenced to three months in prison, but he could only get a fine from the Court of Appeal. In fact, many have been sentenced to imprisonment in cases of this kind. "
sanctions
Law No. 5 of 2012 on Combating IT Crimes, in particular Articles 20 and 21, stipulates that a penalty of imprisonment and a fine of not less than 250,000 dirhams and not exceeding 500,000 dirhams, or either of these penalties, shall be punishable by imprisonment or That would make it punishable or disdainful of others, using an information network or an IT tool.
And stipulated that he shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of not less than six months and a fine of not less than 150 thousand dirhams and not exceeding 500 thousand dirhams or one of those two penalties used by an information network or electronic information system or an information technology means to attack the privacy of a person . Any person who uses an electronic information system or an information technology device to make any modification or treatment on registration, photograph or other information shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of not less than one year and a fine of not less than 250,000 dirhams and not exceeding 500,000 dirhams or either. In order to defame or offend another person, or to attack or violate his privacy.