Doha, Qatar: The Center of Legal and Judicial Studies (CLJS) at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) organized legal and educational workshops for a number of legal specialists in ministries, government agencies and members of Qatar Youth Hostels.
The legal courses and workshops dealt with various topics, including enabling legal specialists to acquire the skills of interpreting and analysing legal texts, mechanisms for protecting patents and industrial models in agreements and Qatari law, and electronic addiction.
The special legal workshop, organised by the center for the benefit of Qatari youth hostels, reviewed electronic addiction and its negative effects in various fields, including health and social, and types of electronic addiction, including electronic games, social media, online buying and selling sites, and others.
The workshop warned of the dangers of the effects of electronic addiction, which could lead to moral deviation, social isolation, and lack of participation with others, which causes personal weakness. For children, it can lead to neglecting lessons and assignments, failure in studies, lack of personal interests, or practicing a favourite sport or hobby, as well as physical and psychological exhaustion, general weakness, and the incidence of autism, especially in the early years, and the increase in aggression and nervousness due to violent electronic games.
During the workshop, examples of some cybercrimes were presented, such as electronic extortion, electronic insult and libel, and the violation of the sanctity of private life. The penalty for crimes resulting from electronic addiction was also reviewed in accordance with the text of Article (8) of Law on Combating Cyber Crimes, which stipulates that a sentence of not more than three years in prison and a fine of not more than QR100,000 or either of these penalties, shall be imposed.
