The Department of Criminal Investigation, Sharjah Police, warned members of the public and parents of the danger of their children abuse social networking sites, especially with regard to security and the safety of others, not to publish pictures of others without their knowledge, which is contrary to the law of information technology crimes, which criminalizes such Those acts, even if the person did them unintentionally.
The Director of the Department, Brigadier Ibrahim al-Ajil, the need for community members, especially young people of both sexes with social networking sites in a positive and correct, and not to publish any pictures or videos of others in various locations such as shopping centers, parks, cultural forums, or even on the roads Public without their knowledge, so as not to fall under the penalty of law.
He warned of the seriousness of such acts and acts that subject the perpetrator to penalties that may amount to imprisonment and a fine. Article 21 of the Information Technology Crimes Act states that: One thousand dirhams, or one of these penalties, any person who uses an information network, an electronic information system, or one of the means of information technology, to attack the privacy of a person in cases other than legally authorized ».