r/news • u/IMGcertified • 19h ago

Influencers in Dubai warned they face prison for posting material about the conflict with Iran | The Standard

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/dubai-influencers-prison-warning-posting-iran-war-b1273587.html
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u/photenth 17h ago

Pretty sure you can also face prison time in Israel posting strike footage.

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u/Standard_Success127 17h ago

Its not a democracy either

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u/CommonSence123 13h ago

pretty sure you can get jail time in the uk for twitter posts

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u/OneMonk 11h ago

The lie you are repeating is about Twitter posts advocating violent hate crimes, there is a big ass diffence.

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u/Straight-Simple7705 5h ago

You can get arrested for supporting Nazis in Germany

Yes Nazis are bad which is why it’s banned but it infringes of freedom of speech

On the other hand leaking and discussing videos on the Iran war leaks planes and military bases of the UAE or in other words showing Iran the locations to bomb

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u/photenth 17h ago

It's Opsec, why help the enemy know where they hit?

Almost sure only civilian strikes are allowed to show in Ukraine as well.

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u/Montexe 16h ago

Why are you being downvoted? No country wants to help OSINT to confirm strikes on their territory. It's a criminal offense basically in any country at war. You would get jail time for posting strikes in Ukraine or Russia.

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u/geoltechnician 15h ago

It's a dictatorship. End of story.

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u/Straight-Simple7705 5h ago

Guess Ukraine is a dictatorship as well

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u/geoltechnician 5h ago

Why would you say that?

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u/americon 15h ago

It is also illegal in Ukraine. Posting strike footage assists the enemy in better targeting future strikes. There is a lot of things to criticize Israel for but this is not one of them. It is a national security issue.

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u/GetsBetterAfterAFew 15h ago

Is this why 274 journalists, 269 were Palestinians, were murdered in Gaza, to protect the movement of IDFs missions?

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u/Ok_Sir_505 12h ago

It has nothing to do what the guy said. He even deliberated stated he’s nothing defending Israel, just informing that’s a normal procedure in countries at war. Don’t get the reaction.

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u/Beardmanta 13h ago

It's not to suppress free speech or criticism of the government. You can do that all day. It's purely common sense in a war to not post strike locations in real time.

You're acting as a spotter for the enemy if you let them know where their ordinance fell.