The General Directorate of the Bahraini Interior Ministry's Anti-Corruption & Economic & Electronic Security Department announced that a suspect was taken into custody over charges of fundraising for producing a movie that "insults the [Prophet's] companions on social media."

In its report on freedom on the internet, Freedom House rated Bahrain as "Not Free" among 6 other countries, including Syria and Saudi Arabia.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain Watch revealed, in an article it published on its website, “how, in 2014, the government of Bahrain obtained Hacking Team’s Remote Control System (RCS).”