Sharing a court decision on social media in Abu Dhabi cost a woman dearly.
According to Emirati media, the court fined the woman 20,000 dirhams for sharing the verdict of the case on Instagram.
An Abu Dhabi resident has been found guilty of defamation and invasion of privacy after sharing a copy of the court ruling on Instagram with the name of a man in the document.
According to Abu Dhabi Civil First Instance Court records, a man, after viewing the woman's Instagram post, filed a lawsuit alleging that the convict and her name were the same.
The lawsuit alleges that the woman defamed my name on social media and misbehaved, for which a fine of 200,000 dirhams was paid.
The court found the woman guilty and ordered her to pay 20,000 dirhams in damages.
