Friday 25 / April / 2025
Muscat: The use of WhatsApp stickers as a form of mockery could expose you to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine of no more than OMR 5000.
Lawyer Salah Al Meqbali spoke exclusively to the Times of Oman about sending stickers to Omani and non-Omani characters in sarcastic and inappropriate positions through the WhatsApp application, “Lately, stickers of Omani and non-Omani characters have spread through the WhatsApp application for Omani and non-Omani personalities, in inappropriate positions or with sarcastic expressions. Designing and sending, through WhatsApp, stickers of people’s pictures and placing them in a ridiculous form or in mocking terms, without the consent of the other party, is a violation and an encroachment on the private life of individuals.”
Al Meqbali confirmed, "This act is a misdemeanor in the Omani Penal Code and results in a sentence of imprisonment for a period no less than one year and not exceeding three years, and a fine of no less than OMR 1000 and not more than OMR 5000 or one of these two penalties."
