Manama, Bahrain - Bahrain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to take legal action against users of the chat service associated with Blackberry mobile phones who engage in sharing local news.
In a statement carried by the Bahrain News Agency (BANA), Abdullah Yateem, assistant undersecretary for press and publication at the Ministry of Culture and Information, attributed the decision to the 'chaos and confusion' of unauthorized news postings.
'In view of the impact that such news create among the public by causing chaos and confusion, especially since the source is individuals and agencies which have failed to obtain official permission by the ministry prior to engaging in such activities, we have summoned those individuals and will be taking legal action against the offenders who broke the regulations and laws,' Yateem said.
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