Now media websites and electronic media would have to procure license to run their businesses in Kuwait. A new electronic media law has been implemented which requires all web-based publications to obtain a license from the government before they can operate.
As per reports the new rules, which apply to electronic news services, bulletins, websites of newspapers and television channels, the owner and director of online services must also be Kuwaiti.
The country’s Ministry of Information was quoted as saying the new rules were designed to promote freedom of expression. “It also aims to eliminate all impediments to the spread of information on electronic media outlets in a way that would conserve national values and interests,” the Ministry said to state news agency KUNA.
