This is a big problem in the UAE too. Any critique of anything that makes the country look less than a perfect paradise may get you fined, jailed and deported.

This is a big problem in the UAE too. Any critique of anything that makes the country look less than a perfect paradise may get you fined, jailed and deported. For example, some Swiss journalists were apprehended for taking pictures of the poor condition of laborers in Abu Dhabi. If you try to report a crime, the police will grill you instead (why did you take pictures of the person sitting in the street selling shady goods, why didn't you just ignore the touts offering prostitution) Even the community-run Dubai subreddit self-censors any real criticism of the city as "Dubai bashing" These places are polished turds, with a lot of crap going on behind the scenes that foreigners don't see because of their carefully curated image and marketing.