Wall Street Journal

Social media could face more regulations in MENA region

Wed, 2011-06-15 06:40 - By  
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.

Gerd Leonhard predicts a radically different future for the media and content industries

Tue, 2010-12-07 15:48 - By  

Every content and media industry, including film, TV, radio, gaming, software, music, publishing and news, has been severely impacted by the explosive growth of the Internet and the empowerment of the hyper-connected consumer. The move from a pre-internet broadcast culture to a broadband culture has changed pretty much everything, from economic models and their underlying business logic to the very definition of copyright and fair use, according to media futurist Gerd Leonhard.


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