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  "textContent": "To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nA British man has been arrested for filming Iranian missile strikes in Dubai.\n\nThe 60-year-old, from London, is understood to have been taken into custody but not yet charged.\n\nHe was allegedly filming the missiles, which have rained down on the Middle East as Iran retaliates against the US and Israel’s ‘Operation Epic Fury’, The Telegraph reports.\n\nThe United Arab Emirates has been the target of a number of Iranian missiles, but officials have been told to not take any footage of strikes in region.\n\nIt is against the law to to share material that causes public panic or harms public order.\n\n##  Sign up for all of the latest stories\n\nStart your day informed with Metro's **News Updates** newsletter or get **Breaking News **alerts the moment it happens.\n\nSmoke rising from the Dubai International Airport (Picture: AFP)\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nThere have also been a number of images which have been created using AI.\n\nRadha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai, said: ‘The UAE’s cybercrime laws are some of the harshest in the world when it comes to social media.\n\n‘People can face fines of up to USD 77,000 simply for posting commentary that authorities say harms “public order” or “national unity”.\n\n‘In times of war, these laws become even more dangerous. Residents are effectively being warned to stay silent online. Visitors are particularly vulnerable because they often assume they are protected by their home country’s standards of free speech. They are not.\n\n‘The risk is very real, and many people are now too frightened to speak publicly, even if they disagree with what is happening.\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\n‘It is illegal to take photos of government buildings and people have been charged for posing in front of forbidden sites.\n\n‘There is a real risk that well meaning visitors stranded in the UAE will be inadvertently breaking the law.’\n\nIt comes as the navy is readying evacuation warships to be deployed to help stranded British tourists and expats in Dubai.\n\nThe RFA Lyme Bay is being placed on ‘heightened readiness’ to be sent to the eastern Mediterranean to help Brits stuck in the Middle East.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence said: ‘As part of prudent planning, we have taken the decision to bring RFA Lyme Bay to heightened readiness as a precaution, should she be needed to assist in maritime tasks in the eastern Mediterranean.’\n\nThe RFA Lyme Bay is being placed on ‘heightened readiness’ to help stranded Brits (Picture: PA)\n\nThe vessel, which is a landing ship, has both aviation and medical facilities primed for humanitarian relief missions.\n\nIt is currently in Gibraltar, with the status change only ‘precautionary’.\n\nInfluencers who have remained in the country say they are ‘stuck in middle of World War Three’.\n\nAviation Expert Daniel Goz, known as Nonstop Dan, claimed he was stranded because the only tickets to get home were economy class.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,****check our news page**.\n\nComment now Comments  Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source ",
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