Overview
- Attorney-General Dr Hamad Saif Al Shamsi ordered the arrest of 10 defendants of various nationalities and referred them to urgent trial, with prosecutors beginning interrogations and ordering remand.
- Abu Dhabi Police detained 45 people for filming incident locations and sharing inaccurate information on social media, warning residents to rely only on official sources.
- Investigations found some posts combined genuine air-defence interception footage with AI-generated clips falsely depicting explosions, landmark strikes, or large fires across the UAE.
- Officials said deliberate dissemination of misleading content that threatens public security carries at least one year in prison and a fine of no less than Dh100,000.
- Authorities said continued digital monitoring will target content that could provoke panic, distort facts, or reveal aspects of the country’s defensive capabilities.