Qatar Implements Prison Sentences for the Spread of Fake News

Qatar has amended a new article to its penal code that sets criminal penalties for the spread of fake news with ill-intent. The punishment for spreading fake news is a sentence of up to 5 years in prison. However, the new articles do not specifically define what determines information to be fake news or what procedures to be used in order to determine so. Nonetheless, it is interesting to see how governments incorporate legal punishment against the spread of fake news. For more information click here.