Tala Safwan is accused of speaking in a sexual method after a clip of a dwell video chat on TikTok with a feminine pal went viral.
Saudi Arabia has arrested a well-liked Egyptian social media influencer, accusing her of posting sexually provocative content material on her platforms.
Tala Safwan, an Egyptian resident, was arrested by Saudi police in Riyadh after posting a dwell video chat with a pal.
The police said on Monday that that they had arrested an Egyptian resident in Saudi Arabia “who appeared in a broadcast on a social media website speaking to a different girl with sexual content material and suggestiveness that would have a unfavourable influence on public morality”.
Safwan, who was not named by the police, has been referred to the general public prosecution.
Within the video, Safwan is chatting to her feminine Saudi pal and asks her to come back over, saying she is lonely in Riyadh. Her pal declines, saying it’s 3:30am.
“Even higher, as a result of everybody shall be asleep and so they gained’t hear what I’ll do to you,” Safwan replies. “They gained’t hear your screams … from how a lot enjoyable we’ll be having.”
The clip prompted a social media marketing campaign towards Safwan, with a hashtag trending on Twitter that interprets to “Tala offends society”.
المفروض في رقابه على الانحلال والرخص الي قعد يصير ببثوث التيكتوك لو الحكومه تتل كم واحد من مشاهير الرخص وتخليه يعفن بالسجن عشان يكون عبره للغير ويعرفون الحرام والعيب ويحترمون المجتمع العربي #تالا_تسيء_للمجتمع
Translation: This type of decadence that’s taking place on TikTok livestreams must be managed … the federal government ought to make an instance of one among these low cost celebrities and make them rot in jail for example to others in order that they’ll learn to respect Arab society.
اتمنى من الدوله ان تحظر برنامج التيك توك الي كله دعوه للزنا والشذوذ انحطاط المجتمع سيؤدي الى ظهور عاهات جديده #تالا_تسيء_للمجتمع
— .﮼اسلام،ماغيره الاحتياطي 🦅 (@isl9am22) July 26, 2022
Translation: I hope the prosecution will strongly punish her, and deport and ban her from getting into Saudi Arabia.
Safwan, who has 5 million followers on TikTok and greater than 800,000 subscribers on YouTube, stated the clip had been taken out of context from the total video in an effort to trigger a scandal.
She denied any lesbian subtext in her feedback, and stated she didn’t imply to offend anybody. Homosexuality is banned in Saudi Arabia.
Safwan’s content material is very common amongst Arab youngsters and younger adults, the place she carries out pranks and challenges, and talks about TV exhibits. She additionally discusses embarrassing social conditions, and makes use of provocative headlines to debate relationships.
