Personal accounts exempted from E. law

KUWAIT, Dec 5 (KUNA) -- The electronic media law regulates the information profession and is not applicable to personal accounts on the social media, said the Information Ministry's spokesman.
Mohammad Al-Awwash denied in a statement on Monday allegations that the new law aims at tightening the noose on freedom of twitter members and those with personal accounts in the digital networks.
It is rather intended to complete the regulations of the media, the press and the publishing professions, Al-Awwash said.
The Ministry of Information, on July 20, 2016, issued the Ministerial Resolution 100/2016, stipulating executive legislations of the Law 8/2016 on regulating the electronic media.
The law, endorsed and published in the official gazette in February, stipulates freedoms of expressions and access to information according to constitutional norms. (end) msa.rk