Saudi body studying regulating YouTube production

Published April 27, 2014 6:46pm ET



DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia is studying ways to regulate locally-produced YouTube content, including the possibility of requiring government-issued licenses for some users, said an official on Sunday.

Riyadh Najm, the president of The General Authority for Audiovisual Media, said his agency is still trying to figure out which type of YouTube content-producers would be affected and how the government agency would apply new regulations.

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