May 22nd, 2012
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Fifteen facebook and Twitter accounts have been shut down by cops in Dubai this year for containing abusive and threatening posts.
Major
Saeed Al Hajeri, Head of the Electronic Crimes Department at Dubai
Police, said: “We are not monitoring people on social networks but our
electronic police patrols surf various websites to protect UAE citizens
and residents against electronic crimes, which have increased worldwide
recently.”
He said facebook and
Twitter had agreed to Dubai Police’s request to shut three accounts last
week. The Twitter and facebook accounts were shut down for containing
abusive or threatening material, police said
The
force had sent letters to the management of the social networking sites
that included evidence account holders had committed acts violating UAE
laws, including personal insults. “Many people think they cannot get
into trouble for doing such things on the internet but they can be
punished under UAE law,” he said.
He
continued: “We respect people’s privacy and do not track their life on
social networks. “We only take action when someone makes a complaint.
“One major case involved hackers who broke into girls’ accounts and
emails and downloaded their pictures.
“They then used them to blackmail them for money or sexual favours.”
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