A US citizen has become the first foreigner to be charged under the United Arab Emirates‘ „cybercrime“ decree for a satirical video about young people in Dubai. Shezanne Casim, an Abu Dhabi resident, was arrested in April and charged with, among other things, violating Article 28 of the cybercrimes law, which bans „using information technology to publish caricatures that are ‚liable to endanger state security and its higher interestes or infringe on public order'“ and is punishable by imprisonment and a fine of up to 1 million dirhams (approximately 272,000 USD). The law came into effect more than one month after the video* was posted.