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Use Of Twitter Can Send You To Jail by scubed(m): 4:17pm On Nov 20, 2013
Twitter and Facebook have enjoyed the public debate in the Gulf countries – It has been argued by some section that the laws and sanctions placed on the use of social media is disenfranchising, they argue that the government is impeding people from exercising their rights of speech and association.
A man was jailed for two years in United Arab Emirates for tweeting about a political trial while Kuwait also made the headlines for sentencing a Twitter user for insulting the great prophet, the prophet Muhammad, these reports were given by an activist and lawyer some hours ago.

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