An Egyptian belly-dancer has been jailed for three years after a court ruled she incited "debauchery" in a TikTok video. Sama el-Masry was also fined £15,000 (300,000 Egyptian pounds) on Saturday as part of a crackdown on social media posts.
The dancer, 42, was arrested in April during an investigation into videos and photos shared online that prosecutors described as "sexually suggestive".
She denied the accusations, saying the content was stolen and shared from her phone without consent. But Cairo's Misdemeanours Economic Court on Saturday said she had violated family principles and values, and used social media sites and accounts with the aim of committing "immorality". "There is a huge difference between freedom and debauchery," said
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