Saudi authorities have arrested a teenager for flirting with an American vlogger online, claiming that the boy may be in violation of the country’s draconian cyber crime laws.
Known to his internet fans as “Abu Sin,” or “toothless” in Arabic (a self-assigned moniker that pokes fun at his gap tooth), the young Saudi managed to find minor fame in his hometown after his playful communications with 21-year-old California-based YouTuber Christina Crockett went viral. The two used the online video service YouNow to exchange pleasantries and share goofy hand-gestures. What made the videos so entertaining was the fact that the boy and girl on screen appeared smitten with each other despite the language-gap; Crockett doesn’t speak Arabic and Abu Sin doesn’t speak much English. And yet, the flirtatious pair carried on chatting, to the amusement of their fans.
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