Khaberni - The Cairo Economic Court in Egypt has sentenced TikToker Habiba Reda to 6 months in prison and fined her 100,000 Egyptian pounds for broadcasting non-compliant content.
The Cairo Economic Court in Egypt issued a judgment sentencing TikToker Habiba Reda to 6 months in prison and a fine of 100,000 pounds, in a case where she was accused of broadcasting visually offensive content on social media platforms, under security monitoring and legal procedures that continued throughout the investigation stages.
Today, Wednesday, the Cairo Economic Court sentenced content creator Habiba Reda to 6 months imprisonment, and fined her 100,000 Egyptian pounds, with an obligation to pay a bail of 20,000 pounds, over accusations of publishing video clips that are offensive to public decency.
The Nozha Prosecutor, led by Counselor Moataz Zakaria, decided to refer the accused to trial before the Economic Court, after charging her with publishing visual content that includes violations of public morals across social media platforms.
The General Administration for the Protection of Morals in the specialized police sector managed to arrest an active content creator on social media, after monitoring her posting video clips that included behaviors described as violating societal values.
Security investigations clarified that the accused published video clips in which she appeared performing dance movements in clothes described as inappropriate, which caused a state of dissatisfaction among several users of social media platforms.
After issuing legal procedures, the accused was arrested while she was present in the jurisdiction of the Nozha Police Station in Cairo governorate, where a mobile phone was found in her possession. A technical examination revealed that it contained video clips and images related to her activity in publishing non-compliant content.
During the confrontation with the accused about the findings of the examination and investigations, she admitted to filming and publishing those clips through her personal accounts on social media, explaining that her goal was to increase viewership rates and achieve financial profits from the interactions.
The necessary legal measures were taken against her, and she was referred to the Public Prosecution to complete the investigations, as part of the security efforts aimed at controlling content published online and addressing any materials that are considered a violation of the law or public morals.
