Combating Rumors And Cybercrimes

The UAE legislative authority has issued a new law to amend the laws and regulations on combating cybercrimes.

The new federal decree law number 5 of the year 2024, which came into force on the 5th of April 2024, has amended article number 21 of the federal decree law number 34 of the year 2021.

The first section of this article governs the penalty for creating, running, and overseeing any website or data through the internet or any form of technology for a terrorist group or an illicit group, association, organization, or entity with the intent to facilitate communication with its leadership or members, to attract new members, to promote or advocate its ideas, to finance its activities or to provide it with actual assistance, or with the intent to spread methods of manufacturing incendiary devices, weapons, ammunition, explosives, hazardous substances, or any other tools used in terrorist acts.