“Okaz” sources confirmed the incorrectness of the content of videos created and published by a number of those who call themselves social media celebrities, and transmitted by followers, claiming that there are new regulations and decisions that if a girl is caught with a young man, the penalty reaches 10 years in prison. According to “Okaz” monitoring; These contents represent clips that published allegations that contradict Sharia, religion, belief and systems, in addition to reason and logic. Including a section claiming the return of what he called “the previous system of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention.” There is no such law in the first place. The video claims that any girl who is caught with a young man will be forcibly married to him, with a dowry of 1,000 riyals, and she does not have the right to demand a house, but rather she will live in the room of the one she was caught with! Among the claims of those clips is what she described as “the shepherd of the evenings”, that if a person marries, he is prohibited from divorcing her, and if he divorces her, he will be imprisoned for 10 years and flogged a thousand lashes per month! Among the claims spread on these platforms is that if a married woman is caught with a man, she will be divorced from her husband, and married to the one with whom she was caught, and other lies that “Okaz” presented to specialists, and they were unanimously agreed that it is a lie and slander. Sources confirmed to “Okaz” that the creation and publication of clips is criminal information according to the Anti-Cyber Crime Law, which sets the penalty for 5 years in prison, a fine of 3 million riyals, and defamation at the expense of those who are convicted before the courts. The General Authority for Audiovisual Media revealed that more than 4,000 media violations were monitored in the first quarter of 2023, of which 570 were communications submitted by the public. The General Presidency of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice denied the validity of what was circulated, stressing that it carries out its competencies in accordance with regulations and instructions.
