Three members of Kuwait's royal family have been sentenced to five-year jail terms for insulting the emirate's ruler and its judiciary on a WhatsApp group.
Talk about a family feud!
Three non-royals were also convicted, while seven other people were acquitted in the case.
Those convicted intend to appeal the court's decision. One of the convicted men is the emir's nephew, former intelligence chief Sheikh Athbi al-Fahad.
The decision was based off the court's interpretation of WhatsApp as a "public space."
While Kuwait has a relatively open government and it's routine for lawmakers and media commentators to attack the government, criticizing the emir is illegal. Numerous citizens of Kuwait have been jailed for comments made in public or online.
Members of the ruling family have previously been held by police or prosecuted under similar circumstances.
Last December, Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad was fined and handed a suspended prison sentence for quoting the ruler without permission. Police also held a royal in 2012 for remarks on Twitter that accused the government of corruption and called for serious reforms.