The penetration of social media in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region and its role in the Arab Spring means that laws controlling social media posts and information dissemination are soon imminent, leading media experts said in the capital yesterday.

 

However, these laws alone would not be enough to ensure the reliability of information on new social media like Twitter and Facebook, and readers will need to discern for themselves the trustworthiness of published information, panellists at the day-long ‘Role of Media in Arab Societies’ conference said.