Dubai Police intervened to confront the crises of virtual reality in the sports sector, and intensified its efforts to address the behavior of football fans, players and club platform officials on social networking sites, and secure the network with a "real guard" represented by censorship and self-awareness, and the safe use of the Web exposed to hurtful tweets and blackmail and bullying and distortion And confusion, abuses of expression, breakthroughs, and even financial fraud.
Dubai Police told Emirates Today that the rate of abuse of school students by fans exceeds the higher Sunni groups, so it organized visits to schools to raise awareness and guidance. Your commitment is a campaign to educate the public about the dangers of Social Media before the launch of the Arab Gulf League 2019-2020, directing it towards safe use that avoids the legal punishment of violators during the use of the network, and clarifying (Article 21) of the Penal Code of Cybercrime, which It provides for a fine of 150 AED winding, and up to 500 thousand, and imprisonment for a period not less than six months. »
The negative practices in Social Media do not stop at the content of sports publications in real platforms, where Dubai police monitored more than 2,920 fake accounts during the last year, an increasing percentage compared to 2017 (1799 accounts) and 2016 (1899 accounts), and closed more than 500 fake accounts impersonated others, and received 1933 complaints in just six months of the same year, in connection with the violations of the sites, and Dubai electronic patrols monitored fake accounts of health food companies scamming the athletes with offers to get money without delivering products, what Reveals new negative uses of «Social Media».
Dubai Police added that it is continuing its efforts to raise awareness of the sports street and make it safe to use the network through more initiatives, most notably the formation of a team comprising officials from the National Media Council, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority and the Department of Cybercrime, to face the crises of networking sites.
Audience and clubs
Major General Abdullah Al Ghaithi, Director General of Dubai Police, said: “There is wide freedom of expression, especially in the sports field, and our role is to raise awareness among the public about the limits of encouragement and the danger of expressing negative feelings towards others. Coordination between the Association of the masses and the departments of clubs, and that the public know its obligations to officials ».
He added that «the proportion of excesses of the public than students than other fans of the higher Sunni groups, which made us visits to raise awareness of school students in this aspect».
He added: “We have noticed abuses on social media by sports fans towards the clubs. Dubai Police, in cooperation with the Dubai Council, have taken an initiative to bridge the viewpoints, especially since there are fans who circulate information, news and pictures without knowing their dimensions and legal problems, so we agreed with the Dubai Sports Council. "To hold workshops, we invited them to those responsible for managing the accounts of clubs on (Social Media) to raise awareness to address the public and listen to their initiatives and clarify the role of the police in the censorship of the Internet." He concluded: «We seek to clean communication sites away from the negatives, and use them in useful, and avoid harmful».
«Your commitment to happiness»
Major Abdullah Al Amimi, Coordinator of the Awareness Campaign at Dubai Police, said: “Dubai Police, in coordination with the Dubai Sports Council, held a platform for sports encouragement on the sidelines of the“ Commitment to Your Excellency ”campaign, aimed at spreading awareness among the public to take precautions against communication risks. As part of the platform's recommendations, we implemented a workshop and initiatives for better communication between clubs and the public.We focused primarily on the staff responsible for publishing news and tweets from club accounts, to raise awareness regarding the quality of tweets and content that addresses the public. ''
He explained «We have informed the clubs on Article 21 of the Penal Code of Cybercrime, which imposes fines on the offending public starting from 150 thousand dirhams, and up to 500 thousand dirhams, and imprisonment for a period of not less than six months, and Dubai police coordinate with the pioneers of networking sites, and all players, To work together in the context of awareness and responsibility towards the behaviors that may arise from some, and pose a threat across the network ».
Al-Amimi added: “Every year, technology and networking sites are constantly evolving, and negative electronic phenomena and practices have always been warned. The results of your commitment campaign have been outstanding, benefiting more than 195,667 fans from six clubs, and we have implemented 40 events. Awareness and six workshops, and we published 50,000 awareness announcements on the dangers of abuse, bullying and cyber blackmail ».
Al-Amimi also referred to mass practices calling for intervention and awareness in front of her. “Recently, the public has distorted the image of celebrities, including athletes, sometimes with abusive drawings using popular applications among the young people out of humor for them. Players and celebrities are annoying to them, so it should be clarified that the law is punishable because those who publish an abusive or even comic image of the player without the authorization of the owner cause offense or defamation, and I would like to clarify the difference in the punishment of offenders on the network, for example, the penalty of the negative First Enlarge as the instigator and his guilt than the owners of subsequent responses, with the same terms and conditions of her punishment vary in terms of fines or imprisonment ».
Players Behavior
Al Amimi continued: «In return, behaviors by the players on the network should be stopped because it puts them at risk, some of them publish videos containing traffic violations, and others may offend the masses, so we hope to be role models on the network, and to avoid negative practices and skirmishes "And to better deal with communication sites because they are role models for young people."
“Dubai Police will soon set up a team on the sidelines of your commitment, including officials from the National Media Council, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority and the Department of Cybercrime, as part of a series of initiatives to educate the public about defamation laws and rules through specialized agencies that deliver the required message,” he concluded. ».
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