By Steve Ragan Mar 28, 2007, 9:45 GMT
According to the Saudi cabinet, there will be new harsher penalties for committing cybercrime inside the country. A bill that was passed on Monday, would charge people who commit crimes online with a $133,000 fine, and one year in prison. The cabinet said in a statement that it passed a proposal from the Shura assembly that was submitted last year.
The makeup of the crimes that are detailed are, “illegal entry into an Internet site or entering a site in order to change its design, destroy it or amend it,” said a media press release. “...Infringing upon private lives through misuse of mobile telephones equipped with cameras and similar devices with the purpose of defaming or harming people,” was also mentioned.
Camera enabled phones were banned in 2004, for several months, and many in the conservative country fully oppose them. The opposition and ban come form the strict Islamic law that is enforced across Saudi Arabia. The internet is strictly monitored and censored in Saudi Arabia, with online pornographic material and politically themed websites blocked from public viewing.
While the cabinet passed the proposal, the king must give the final approval. This news comes just after the oath of office was administered to all members of the Council of Ministers. The oath was taken before King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan.
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ALI BABAMay 4th, 2008 - 13:24:56
Good old Saudi Government - chop their hands and balls off in public and let us see the spectacle on the Internet in glorious colour.
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ALI BABAMay 4th, 2008 - 13:24:56
Good old Saudi Government - chop their hands and balls off in public and let us see the spectacle on the Internet in glorious colour.
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