Social media harassment as well as Rumors is where people blackmail each other yesteryear spreading someone secrets or rumors in-order to larn the wanted things.
Let us clear that equally per UAE Law, cyber-crime and defamation (insult) are criminal offences inwards UAE as well as are prosecuted yesteryear reference to the Federal Law No. iii of 1987 related to issuance of Penal Code as well as Federal Decree-Law No. (5) of 2012 on combating cyber-crimes.
Chapter IV of Federal Law iii of 1987 (as amended) ('the Penal Code') outlines the law governing offences of defamation inwards the UAE as well as is develop out equally below,
Law nigh Publishing Someone Secrets inwards UAE:
According to Article 378 "Whosoever publishes news, pictures or comments related to the secrets of individual or identify unit of measurement life of persons fifty-fifty if they are true, shall travel punished yesteryear detention for a menstruum non exceeding 1 yr as well as yesteryear a fine non exceeding 10,000 AED, or yesteryear ane of these 2 penalties."
As per Article Article 372: "Whoever attributes to roughly other person, yesteryear whatever agency of publicity, an incident which makes him liable to penalty or contempt (disrespect), shall travel punished yesteryear detention for a menstruum non exceeding 2 years or yesteryear a fine non exceeding 20,000 AED.
Punishment yesteryear detention as well as a fine or yesteryear either of these 2 penalties shall travel applied if the libel is committed against a populace official or ane who is inwards accuse of a populace service, during surgical physical care for of the duties or populace services assigned to him, or if the defamation affects the honour or injures the reputation of families, or if it is observed that it is intended to accomplish an illegal purpose.
If libel is committed yesteryear agency of a publication inwards whatever of the newspapers or other printed media, it shall travel considered an aggravating circumstance."
Article 373:
"Detention for a menstruum non exceeding ane yr or a fine non exceeding 10,000 AED shall travel imposed on anyone who, yesteryear whatever agency of publicity, disgraces the honour or the modesty of roughly other individual without attributing whatever item act to the defamed party.
Detention for a menstruum non exceeding 2 years as well as a fine non exceeding 20,000 AED or either of these 2 penalties shall apply if a populace official or ane who is inwards accuse of a populace service has been abused during surgical physical care for of his duty or populace service; or if the abuse affects the honour or injures the reputation of families, or if it is noticed that the abuse is intended to accomplish an illegal purpose.
However, if the abuse is published inwards whatever paper or printed media, it shall travel considered an aggravated case."
What to exercise if someone Harassing y'all inwards UAE?
If someone is harassing y'all through social media channels, y'all may file a criminal complaint alongside the constabulary yesteryear submission of the printed harassment messages (it is ameliorate if y'all tin interpret messages into Arabic) sent yesteryear the sender as well as yesteryear submitting the device (mobile/tablet/laptop) where such messages as well as audio/video clippings are received/saved as well as chronology of occurrence of the aforesaid events.
Steps afterwards Investigation of Police:
Upon investigation, if your complaint has merit to prosecute the offender, the constabulary may opened upwards a example against the offender as well as the same volition travel referred to the populace prosecutor for charges equally nether the applicable Penal Law as well as Cyber law of the UAE.
Detention for a menstruum non exceeding 1 yr or a fine non exceeding 10,000 AED shall travel imposed on anyone who, yesteryear whatever agency of publicity, disgraces the honour or the modesty of roughly other individual without attributing whatever act to the defamed party.