The legal confrontation to spread rumors through online media about the Corona virus (19 - Covid)

Egypt and the world witnessed the Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic, and this pandemic had many negative repercussions on all economic, social and health levels, and the state has taken a set of necessary measures and measures to confront this pandemic and limit its repercussions, and social networking sites are the most prevalent on the Internet. , because of the characteristics it possesses that distinguish it from others, which encouraged Internet surfers to increase their demand for it, and it is one of the most important things that invaded the daily life of individuals, until it became an integral part of the necessary human needs, because of its effective return in facilitating the life of the individual in particular. And society in general, in fact, we live in a new era of development in the world of communications, which is teeming with modern technology.
And websites have become one of the tools that are used negatively in spreading rumors, with evidence that the rates of spread of rumors are directly proportional to the progress in communication technology and the spread of social networking sites among members of society, where users of these sites resort to disguise or through false identities in spreading Some false news, which is popular with many, especially if it is taken into account here that the psychology of rumors refers to the absence of cultural differences between the recipients when circulating the rumor, and dealing with them often, and the dangerous thing is that rumors spread easily these days, not because they grow Website users only, but because the escalating events and developments taking place in the region around us make lies a fertile environment for growth and reproduction as well, especially if these types of rumors target politicians and the media, and rumors about diseases and epidemics, especially rumors about the Corona virus, and other issues that It is inseparable from the life affairs of members of society and has an impact on national security, which necessitates confronting it decisively.
Research plan: It consists of an introductory topic and three sections as follows:
Introductory topic: the concept of rumors.
The first topic: the nature of the Corona virus and the judicial and legislative protection from its effects.
The second topic: the concept of social networking sites and their role in spreading rumors about the Corona virus.
The third topic: the criminalization of spreading rumors about the Corona virus in Islamic Sharia and positive law.