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Can online comments be considered crime in UAE? Woman fined AED 30,000 for offensive messages

In the UAE, online insults and defamation are criminal offences, not just civil matters. Social media comments are treated like published content, with serious legal consequences. A woman was fined ...
The Nation Newspaper

Cyber defamation: Sowore’s post on Tinubu generated tension, threatened public safety – DSS witness

Trial opened on Thursday with the prosecution calling its first witness in the criminal defamation and cybercrime case against politician and online publisher, Omoyele Sowore. The witness, Cyril ...
WFTV

How to tell the difference between defamation, slander, and libel

Defamation, slander, and libel are terms that are frequently confused with each other, LegalZoom says. They all fall into the same category of law and have to do with communications that falsely ...
The Nation Newspaper

Courts strike out defamation, cybercrime charges against Akpoti-Uduaghan

Two courts in Abuja yesterday struck out the two criminal charges filed by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (OAGF) against Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Justice ...