The Media Authority warns against inciting violence and promoting weapons outside the framework of the state.
The Media Authority warns against inciting violence and promoting weapons outside the framework of the state.
10-22-2026
The Media and Communications Commission warned on Thursday against inciting violence and promoting weapons outside the framework of the state. In a statement, the commission said that “freedom of opinion, expression and media work are rights guaranteed by the constitution and applicable laws, and that exercising them requires respecting the rights of others, public order and social peace. It is not permissible to use media platforms and digital platforms to incite violence or internal fighting or to promote the use of weapons outside the framework of the state.”
The Commission also stressed, based on its regulatory and supervisory powers under Legislative Order No. (65) of 2004, amended by Order No. (100), and the Media Broadcasting Rules and applicable regulations, the “need for media institutions to adhere to professional and legal standards, and to refrain from broadcasting or publishing any content that incites violence and hatred, or fuels strife among Iraqis, or promotes outlaw groups.”
According to the statement, it stressed that “using the media to incite the carrying of weapons or internal fighting, or to promote the use of weapons outside the framework of the state, or to incite obstructing the efforts of its competent institutions in restricting weapons, represents a departure from the professional responsibility of the media, and may constitute a violation of the applicable laws when its legal elements are available.”
The statement added that “the Authority continues to exercise its post-publication monitoring of media content, monitor violations related to incitement to violence and threats to civil peace, and take regulatory measures against violating media institutions, including imposing penalties stipulated in the applicable regulations, and referring incidents involving suspicions of criminal offenses to the competent judicial authorities.”
The Authority also called on media institutions, journalists, program presenters, guests, analysts, content creators, and users of digital platforms to “exercise accuracy and responsibility in addressing security and national issues, and to avoid publishing misleading or distorted information that could incite sedition or fuel conflicts, while emphasizing the preservation of the right to criticism and expression in accordance with constitutional and legal guarantees.”
It renewed its “commitment to protecting freedom of expression and the independence of media work,” stressing that “preserving these freedoms does not conflict with law enforcement, and that restricting weapons to the state and promoting civil peace are national responsibilities that media institutions must respect and not undermine.”
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