Can I play erotic video games (digital version) in the UAE?

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I'll start working in Dubai next month and now plan to install some downloaded video games and porn films to kill certain time.

Reading many Q&A in TSE, I learn that:

  1. Don't use a VPN to watch porn,
  2. Don't bring too many sex toys,
  3. Don't let anybody know of one's masturbation,
  4. No flirting in public.

So here is what I plan to do. I'll install all those dirty videos and games on my laptop before entering the UAE. They don't require Internet access, but some of them are Steam games. I will use them only in my private space. (Nobody will spy on me there, right?)

By doing so, is there any possibility that I'll get fined, imprisoned, or expelled?



Best Answer

The games and films you intend to bring are almost certainly illegal to import or possess in the UAE.

Is it unlikely that you will be caught? Yes. Is there "any possibility" that you get fined, imprisoned or expelled? Absolutely: for example, your computer might be examined or confiscated for some completely unrelated reason, and they might find the illegal materials then.




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