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The UAE will make it a criminal offence to take a photo of people in public without their permission from early 2022. Breaking the rule, part of the country’s updated cybercrime law, could land perpetrators in jail for six months and/or with a fine of 150,000–500,000 UAE dirhams ($40,839–136,129), according to Gulf News. The move is part of a years-long crackdown on freedoms in the Gulf state, where news websites have been blocked and authorities have wielded the legal system against opponents. In the past, photographing people without approval was illegal when in private, legal adviser Wageh …