ABSTRACT This paper takes the UAE legal system as case in point to illustrate certain challenges posed for jurists by the spread of the Internet. Since it enables large-scale participatory multimedia content production, the Internet is surrounded by regulatory safeguards for ensuring its public accountability. In the UAE, the National Media Council holds responsibility for licensing media outlets, including online ones, and for overseeing content published therein. Together, legal disciplines on content, regulatory accountability frameworks and the collaborative nature of Internet content production form the context in which existing regimes, such as for civil liability (tort), call for interpretive adaptation. This is what this paper undertakes, with respect to civil liability claims for misuse of online communication through websites. A close analytical study of UAE law helps clarify how civil liability is established and apportioned between the National Media Council (vicarious liability), media outlets and individual users, alongside other findings.

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通过网站滥用在线交流的民事责任：对阿联酋法律的分析研究

摘要 本文以阿联酋的法律制度为例，说明互联网的传播给法学家带来的某些挑战。由于它支持大规模的参与式多媒体内容制作，互联网被监管保障所包围，以确保其公共责任。在阿联酋，国家媒体委员会负责授权媒体，包括在线媒体，并监督其中发布的内容。内容的法律纪律、监管问责框架和互联网内容生产的协作性质构成了现有制度（例如民事责任（侵权））要求解释性适应的背景。这就是本文所承担的，关于通过网站滥用在线通信的民事责任索赔。