Dubai Bloggers Walk a Fine Line

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    Date: 
    6 July 2009

    DUBAI—Disenchanted bloggers in Dubai fear their days may be numbered as police vow to crackdown on “mischievous elements”.

    In a wide-ranging crackdown on Internet defamation and blackmail, police in Dubai and neighboring emirate of Sharjah have launched dedicated cybercrimes departments.

    However, bloggers fear that the campaign could be broadened to clamp down further on online forums on which residents share irreverent thoughts on life in Dubai.