FREE Established 1961 Friday ISSUE NO: 17967 SAFAR 26, 1441 AH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2019 ‘Half-Kuwaitis’ discuss legal, Saudi Arabia names new Messi’s historic goal helps 4 social discrimination they face 10 FM in generational shift 47 Barca edge Slavia Prague Kuwait records improvement in Ease of Doing Business Index See Page 7 2 Friday Friday, October 25, 2019 Local PHOTO OF THE DAY Twitter is power Local Spotlight By Muna Al-Fuzai
[email protected] espite the multiple social media sites and apps available today, it seems to me that in DKuwait specifically, Twitter still occupies a strong position for heated debates and criticisms on important issues of concern to citizens here, espe- cially those related to government administration and its institutions. Is it because people can post any sharp or negative comments even when knowing that there is a law that could prolong their punishment? There’s lots of good about Twitter, but there’s an undeniably darker side to it too. What is the secret behind the power of Twitter in Kuwait? I do not follow all social media daily, but I carefully follow the discussions and comments on Twitter about An abandoned boat near Doha port. — Photo by Sudhish Somanath / KUNA issues that concern Kuwaitis, especially hashtag cam- paigns. I believe that it is very important to know how people look at things and what they really feel. Twitter has changed the way people deal with the good and bad news in their lives. It has created organized oppo- Step by step method of changing a sition campaigns through hashtags.