UAE discuss three bills today, described as "the regulation of the National Media Council, which prevents . abuse of the litigation rights and imposing tougher penalties on fake IP address "one of the bills includes severe penalties for cybercrime - up to 3 years in prison and a fine for address fake IP (IP spoofing). The law is aimed at people who use fraudulent IP address for criminal purposes or to cover up the crimes.
As described by the Herald lawyer, "There are many people now use electronic devices to insults and slander, among other things, so stricter measures could serve as a deterrent against such use, said Jasem Al Naqbi, a member of the FNC legislative committee. "This bill seeks to punish those who use other peoples of accounting, as well as prevent innocent people from being slandered or falsely accused of things online.
The UAE is known for its restrictive Internet censorship, and was ranked "not free" in Freedom on the Net Report 2015. Their rating is based on barriers to access to Internet, limits on content and violations of users' rights. This censorship includes blocking social media and technology communications applications (ICT) information and content and the social and political deadlock. Bloggers and other Internet users were also arrested in the country.
Thus, while the new law on cybercrime intends to punish the criminals, they also seemed to be a chance the law could be exploited by the government to increase Internet censorship in the country. We will provide an update or not these are going to become law, and we will be watching to see how this affects the overall freedom of Internet in the region.
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