false rumors and defamation of public figures

"Dubai's police chief, Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim, said that fears of espionage and information sharing by foe Israel -- as well as UAE allies United States and Britain -- helped prompt the possible limits on the popular BlackBerry.  Tamim told a conference on information technology that the proposed BlackBerry curbs are also "meant to control false rumors and defamation of public figures due to the absence of surveillance," according to a story posted Friday on the website of the UAE newspaper Al-Khaleej." (thanks Sarah)