On
Sunday (July 13), the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) launched a
white paper regarding Twitter usage as part of "The UAE Social Media White
Papers" collection.
The
series of awareness documents are designed specifically to highlight the terms
and conditions of the most popular social networks in use in the United Arab
Emirates (UAE). The latest release focuses on Twitter, which has around 360,000
users in the UAE who share around 2.5 million tweets per day…
The Twitter White Paper says: The laws
of the UAE prohibit the publication of content which is contrary to public
morals, the principles of Islam and the social and moral welfare of the UAE or
any content that contains irreverence towards Islam and any other heavenly
religions.
The
content must also respect the UAE Government, its leadership, political
institutions and ultimately the UAE’s cultural heritage and social norms and
customs.
In
reference to Twitter, the white paper highlights the following information as a
priority for all respective subscribers:
Initially,
users must not publish direct, specific threats of violence against mothers.
This also includes hate speeches, and content that is threatening or contains
graphic or gratuitous violence or any content that is offensive for a nation or
its government. Users should think carefully about the content they are posting.
Users
are responsible for the content they post and should bear this in mind if they
are posting content which they do not own or which contains material that is subject
to someone else’s rights.
Also,
users must not publish other people’s private information without their
consent.
The
social networks included in “The UAE Social Media White Papers”’ collection are
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Yahoo/Flickr, LinkedIn, Gmail, Microsoft
Outlook, Apple Store, Blackberry and Keek.
Full
versions of the white papers and the corresponding infographics are accessible
via the TRA’s official website: http://www.tra.gov.ae/WhitePaper/twitter.php.
