According to Khaled Al-Zahrani, a specialist in psychology, social media platforms, including Twitter, TikTok and many others, have attracted various segments of society of both genders and different age groups for different reasons. — Using phone photo created by Dragana_Gordic - www.freepik.com
JEDDAH: Under the Saudi law of cybercrimes, pranksters can face a punishment of 5mil Saudi Riyals (more than US$1.3mil/RM5.85mil) and three years in prison, according to a law expert.
Dr Majed Garoub told Arab News that posting pranks on social media is a crime in Saudi Arabia, and it is classified as a violation of the country's Anti-Cyber Crime Law.
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