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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 GCC considers PM meets EU delegation laws to control social media Information ministers meet in Bahrain DOHA: Concerned by the we must differentiate between spread of social media in the the conventional media and new region, the GCC countries are media,” he said. taking a closer look at the possi- The aim of the legislation is to bility of reining in the electronic regulate the electronic media is to media. protect the users, he said. Information ministers from the Kuwait’s Information Minister, GCC countries yesterday hinted Salman Al Sabah, said there was they favoured framing laws to a draft law to regulate the elec- regulate the electronic media, tronic media but that was shelved. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with a delegation from the European Parliament in Doha including social media. “Now we might be having a fresh yesterday. The Prime Minister also met separately Japan’s Ambassador Kenjiro Monji, Hungarian Ambassador Istvan Elter and Palestinian Ambassador The ministers didn’t mince draft,” he suggested. Munir Abdullah Ghannam. words while expressing their Mubarak Jaham Al Kuwari, desire to regulate the electronic Head of Qatar Media, said Qatar media in their direct interaction was about to enforce a new media with senior GCC journalists at a law.