The Observatory newspaper: cybercrime expert, Al-Moataz Ketbi, revealed three “emojis “ – the expressions of electronic conversations-in the conversations” WhatsApp “is considered” harassment” in the event of a lawsuit from the injured party.
“According to the control system, harassment is defined as any word, Act or signal with a sexual connotation issued by a person towards any other that touches his body or display or scratches his modesty by any means, including the means of modern technology,” Okaz said.
“This includes emojis associated with these same social norms, such as the use of a red heart and red roses in conversations intended to appeal to the other party of the conversation, or the use of expressive forms that have a figurative meaning with bodily organs,”he added.
Ketbi explained that”the penalty of the public right according to penalties ranging from imprisonment for a period of not more than two years, and a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand riyals, or one of them together, and the term of imprisonment for five years, and the fine three hundred thousand riyals, or one of them in the case of reoffending or in the case of the crime in any of what comes if the victim is a child and if the victim is of special needs”.