A man has been fined AED 50,000 and banned from using Twitter for a year after he insulted the fans of a sports club online.
He was convicted by the Al Ain Appeals Court for tweeting inappropriate images that offended the club's fans.
The court also ordered the confiscation of the devices that were used to commit the crime.
The authority said the man's behaviour went against the spirit of sportsmanship and healthy competition between teams.
وتعود تفاصيل القضية إلى نشر المتهم تدوينة على حسابه في موقع التواصل الاجتماعي "تويتر"، تتضمن صوراً غير لائقة تنطوي على إساءة واضحة لجماهير أحد الأندية الرياضية، والتي لا تمت بصلة إلى الروح الرياضية والمنافسة الشريفة بين أندية وجماهير الدولة pic.twitter.com/OaCtlndFTI
— دائرة القضاء-أبوظبي (@ADJD_Official) October 20, 2022
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