Iraq jails YouTuber, TikToker over 'indecent' videos

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 09, 2023 7:00 am

BAGHDAD: A court in Iraq's capital Baghdad has sentenced two Iraqis to prison time over 'indecent' videos on social media that 'undermine modesty and public morality,' the judiciary said on Wednesday.

The Interior Ministry in the largely conservative country in January formed a committee tasked with monitoring social networks for content that goes against Iraqi society's 'morals and traditions.'

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