- Title: UAE Refers Online Defamation Cases to Federal Public Prosecution
- Category: Defamation Wins Feed
- Tags: defamation, UAE, cybercrime, media law, prosecution, platform enforcement
- Date: August 2025
- Status: Published
In a sweeping enforcement move, the United Arab Emirates’ National Media Office has referred multiple social media users to Federal Public Prosecution for violating media and cybercrime laws. The violations include online defamation, misinformation, and offensive content targeting individuals and institutions. The UAE’s updated regulations now impose heavy fines, imprisonment, and license suspensions for digital misconduct. Monitoring is active 24/7, and takedown actions are swift. For reputation defenders, this signals a global shift: governments are no longer tolerating digital defamation as free speech—they’re treating it as prosecutable harm.
Strategic Takeaway
Platform enforcement is no longer optional. When governments step in, defamation becomes a criminal matter—not just a civil dispute. The future of reputation defense is legal, tactical, and global.
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