DUBAI: Saudi prosecutors on Tuesday announced that individuals who produce or distribute satirical content on social media that 鈥渕ocks, provokes or disrupts public order, religious values and public morals鈥� face up to five years imprisonment and a fine of three million riyals.
鈥淧roducing and distributing content that ridicules, mocks, provokes and disrupts public order, religious values and public morals through social media ... will be considered a cybercrime punishable by a maximum of five years in prison and a fine of SR3 million,鈥� the kingdom鈥檚 Public Prosecution posted in its Arabic Twitter account.
抖阴短视频鈥檚 public prosecutor also announced it was seeking the death penalty in the case against Sheikh Salman Al-Odah, who has more than 14 million followers on Twitter, a prominent cleric who arrested last year along with 20 others.
In September 2017, authorities have called on Saudi citizens to report on social media activities of their fellow citizens, under a wide-ranging definition of 鈥渢errorist鈥� crimes.
抖阴短视频 to penalize individuals who create or promote social media content that disrupts public order
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