The legal advisor, Dr. Youssef Al-Sharif, emphasized the legal responsibility of the director of the group in what members publish, as he must not allow not to post any messages that harm others and do not bear offense to any person, whether or not a member.
He drew attention to the provisions of the Information Technology Crime Law: “A temporary imprisonment and a fine of no less than five hundred thousand dirhams and no more than one million dirhams shall be punished for anyone who creates or runs a website or supervises it or publishes information on an information network or one of the information technology means for the promotion or Favoring any programs or ideas that could stir discord, hatred, racism or sectarianism, harm national unity, social peace, or disturb public order or public morals.
This came in the context of his response to the message of a young man who was bullied and scorned by his friends on the social networking program "WhatsApp", because of the color of his skin and the actions of his father, who he described as disgraceful, wondering about the appropriate solution to his problem?
The advisor, Dr. Youssef Al-Sharif, said that there is a responsibility for everyone who participates in contempt or ridicule of the questioner as the law stipulates that: “A penalty of imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding twenty thousand dirhams or one of these two penalties shall be punished.”
If the infringers of juvenile age mean less than 18 years of age, then the juvenile offenders and delinquents law applies to them.