The Public Prosecution warned once morest producing, preparing, sending or storing anything that would prejudice public order, religious values, public morals, or the sanctity of private life, through the information network or a computer.
She explained that the perpetrator is liable to imprisonment for up to 5 years and a fine of up to 3 million riyals, or one of these two penalties.
The Public Prosecution warned once morest any practices or behaviors involving the misuse of smart phones and violating the privacy of workplaces by photographing, defaming or harming others, violating public morals, or publishing any of that using various information technology means.
The Public Prosecution indicated that any person who commits a crime of violating private life by using mobile phones equipped with a camera or the like, or defaming or harming others, will be punished with imprisonment for a period of up to one year and a fine of up to half a million riyals.
Severe penalties for negligence
For their part, legal and psychological specialists warned Okaz once morest publishing ridiculous clips and dangerous pranks that are spread on social media platforms under the pretext of spreading laughter, humor and jokes. They demanded the deterrence of acts that cause harm to others and the besiegement of the descending clips and the clips that provoke society, with stiffening the penalty for any clips that harm, intimidate and intimidate others, or use children or elderly people in those clips with the intent of sarcasm.
They agreed that the responsibility is shared to prevent the clips that contain dangerous pranks and to impose deterrent penalties once morest the negligent.
Lawyer and legal advisor Bandar Muhammad Hussein Al-Amoudi said: “Dumps in their moderate, normal range are acceptable; Provided that it is harmless to the recipient of the prank in his body and psyche, but some may go to extremes in their practice and create pranks that portend severe dangers, which may end not only in harming the other, but rather with a tragic and unexpected end.
Claim and compensation claim
Lawyer Al-Amoudi added: “The dumps are divided into two parts. Light pranks that do not result in harm, and terrifying pranks from which the target is harmed, ending in a disaster or crime, and the circle of dangerous pranks has expanded to move through social networking sites, and laws have put this abuse under accountability, and it is classified as a criminal act even with no intention of its occurrence, that it is harm that occurs as a result of Neglect, lack of caution, or violation of laws or regulations, such as the will of the perpetrator directing to a certain behavior (mold) without intending to prejudice the integrity of the victim’s body. Informatics punishes anyone who harms private life with imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and a fine of up to 500,000 riyals, or one of these two penalties. Harmful pranks, and penalties range from the offense committed once morest the victim. A claim for compensation by filing a lawsuit stating that he was harmed by these dumps and proving the availability of the elements of a claim for compensation for damage from the act of damage and the causal relationship and the damage to prove his damage and file his case to the competent judicial authority, and provide his evidence for the harmful act and the damage and to establish the causal relationship between the act and the damage And whoever did the harmful act and file a lawsuit once morest the person who did the dangerous prank and demand compensation appropriate to the extent of the damage before the judiciary for reparation for the damage.”
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Lawyer Dalia Salama said: “In light of the development witnessed in our time and with the development of social media, and due to the large financial profits that its users obtain, some people have taken an easy way to achieve great views on social media and publish content under the pretext of pranks and humor; What may negatively affect people and endanger their lives and turn into a crime that deserves punishment depending on the act committed, and due to the different ages of the followers, including minors and adults, they may be affected and imitate the prank on reality, which leads to great unexpected risks that may end their lives, some joke with everyone without Consideration, the scholar has a right, and the great has his appreciation, and the Sheikh has his reverence.”
She added: “The phenomenon of dangerous pranks, whether in the social media or on the ground, falls under the crimes of intimidation, intimidation and intimidation, as it is considered one of intimidating the safe; Which can become a criminal offense in the event of harm to individuals, and they have the right to take legal action or file a complaint once morest the defendant.”
She pointed out that the cybercrime law stipulates that anyone who harms private life by misusing mobile phones equipped with a camera, or the like, shall be punished with imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year and a fine of up to 500,000 riyals, or one of these two penalties, and falls within the framework of that. Intimidating people, intimidating them and assaulting them, which is forbidden in any case.
She noted that the Public Taste Regulations, issued by the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Tourism, show that uttering a statement or doing an act in public places that harms or intimidates its visitors or exposes them to danger requires a fine for the first time and doubled for the second time.
Serious harm to the recipient
Lawyer Kholoud Al-Ahmadi confirmed that some videos of dangerous or terrifying pranks may lead to serious harm, such as the recipient suffering a heart attack, panic, intense fear, psychological condition, or other harm and harm that is forbidden by Sharia and law.
And she warned of what is being circulated, for example, clips intimidating people with predators, shooting on occasions, or creating clips that mock the elderly, or situations that intimidate and intimidate the recipient, even if they are acting, as this is intimidating the safe, even if it is with the intent of joking and humor. Islamic Sharia forbids this and the regulations enact penalties for the offender, compensation for the aggrieved, and compensation is at the discretion of the judiciary.
And it called for harsher penalties for those who practice or produce terrifying or dangerous clips with the intent of enticing or making the public laugh in the social media.
Imitation and love of fame
The lecturer at the American University in the Saudi Media Emirates, Sherine Al-Rifai, said: “Unfortunately, the love of fame, the number of views, and the imitation of social media celebrities, or the so-called fashinistas or Facebook celebrities, is behind the destruction of values and concepts among many children and adolescents, as we entered into the habits of bragging and clips of trifles, and became A target for many teenagers, and the topic is not limited to pranks and challenges only, but goes beyond it to the behavior of teenagers in wasting and desperate to get brands, and all this exacerbates and multiplies day following day with the absence of the role of the family, school, cultural awareness and the absence of a guiding role, and today we find the danger exacerbated with the entry of adolescents For the stage of pranks, which unfortunately has sometimes become deadly, and my message today to every mother and father: Watch your children and watch their behavior, and my message to every teenager thinks well before you get affected by celebrities, and plan to prank a friend or brother, does she deserve fame because he lost a dear or dear, and do the “likes” deserve a tear? Who is dear or dear? The virtual world is a fictional world and behind every screen a thousand lies and lies, and I wish to condemn every celebrity who calls for such ridiculous challenges and condemn every celebrity who parades.”
Physical and psychological danger
Family medicine consultant Dr. Ahmed Abdel Moneim Al Salamouni said: “The dangerous pranks clips pose a psychological, physical and moral danger to the individual, family and society, and the false fame sought by the creators and publishers of these clips made them strive to collect the largest number of followers and frequenters of their accounts, which would achieve material gains in attracting the advertiser, and I think The authors and publishers of dangerous and offensive clips must be deterred, their accounts suspended and referred for investigation.
He described the dangerous pranks that spread on social networking sites as a bad and unfortunate act, hoping to defame those who violate the publishing regulations in social media, especially those who publish clips and append them with the phrase “as I received” or justify with the phrase “the carrier of infidelity is not an infidel,” and other justifications illogical.
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