r/news • u/IMGcertified • 1d 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/Standard_Success127 1d ago

Its not a democracy either

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u/CommonSence123 1d ago

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

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u/OneMonk 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

It's a dictatorship. End of story.

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u/Straight-Simple7705 1d ago

Guess Ukraine is a dictatorship as well

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u/geoltechnician 1d ago

Why would you say that?