The legal advisor, Dr. Youssef Al-Sharif, warned against the negative social impact of the "dumps" programs that are broadcast on the television during the month of Ramadan, as he stressed "that it creates a situation of normalization with behaviors and behaviors that are alien to society, by accepting anything bad that is not accustomed to, so that with time it becomes acceptable to them." ".
This came in response to readers about the legality of filing a lawsuit to stop the "dumps" programs, as they emphasized that they have negative social effects on our children, by imitating them with others, especially as they can be viewed on television or through any means of communication and communication (YouTube And others).
Al Sharif stressed that the risk of habituation and its role in subverting public taste emerges as long as these programs have high viewing rates, which will remain and increase, so viewers themselves must confront them by not watching them and ignoring them.
He called on the producers of "dumps" programs to respect the viewer's mentality and taste, instead of the raging search for ways of taking profits through what it adopts by mocking, intimidating, and humiliating the victim.
He pointed out that "some of these programs promote types of torture, such as electrocution, intimidation of the snake and drowning in water as if they were normal things, which can be implemented against others, and this matter helps to exacerbate the phenomenon of bullying in schools, despite the great efforts made by countries, including a state UAE, to combat bullying. "
From a legal point of view, Al-Sharif stressed that there are legal attempts and demands to stop such programs, noting that there are two schools governing this type of media, the first says freedom of expression, and to ensure the protection of the audio, print, visual and social media of all kinds, on the basis of support It is this guarantee through which creativity, imagination, and enjoyment are made.
The second school limits the aggression and the start of this type of program, and it is a school that works to ensure the safety of others and public order, so it sets up controls that regulate freedom of expression and creativity, so that harmony and harmony are achieved between the two scales, and the more the state succeeds in this compatibility, the more advanced it is. On paper, freedom of opinion is guaranteed to all and artistic creativity is guaranteed to all, but that freedom or what is presented through that creativity will not have a negative impact on society.
And the assessment of this criterion between the two schools is from the authority of the state concerned, which represents the safety element in an objective framework far from being restricted or neglected, so it is not possible to rely on the influence of a certain category of what is published or broadcast, but the effect must be general, if the publicism ceased to be intended Of the ban.
He pointed out that one of the most famous examples on the scene these days is a well-known program broadcast on a well-known channel, which prompted some lawyers in the Arab Republic of Egypt to file a lawsuit before the State Council there urgently demanding that the concerned party in Egypt cease broadcasting this program inside Egypt.
Al-Sharif indicated that, by reading the ruling, he decided the same words mentioned that there are two schools, the first supports and the second restricts and limits freedom of expression with binding controls for public order and morals.
Then the hour of arbitrage came between the two hands of the scales, and the court saw some episodes of the program, and you did not find any of them that would violate the requirements of national security, or that it incites discrimination or violence, and this program is a technical work in which the presenter practices some jokes with the guest.
He pointed out that the focus of our conversation is not whether or not this verdict is valid, because the matter is discretionary and the judge rules according to what was established in his conscience and formed his belief, a judgment that has not become a final judgment, and certainly will be challenged, for his lack of appreciation of the magnitude of the impact arranged by those actions and movements that he performs The program is designed against its guests.