UAE - Police sound warning over obscene SMS

People who use mobile phones to send pornographic images or indecent SMS messages will henceforth have to face imprisonment, a United Arab Emirat police source has warned, reports the Khaleej Times in an article on bluetooth technology. The AEU borders the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia.

Related article on proposed legislation in Kuwait, a neigbouring country, located between Iraq and Saudi Arabia:

-- Kuwait: Three years jail proposed for misuse of Bluetooth - A senior member of parliament has proposed a draft law stipulating a jail term of between six months and three years for the misuse of the Bluetooth technology, especially in mobile phones, in invading personal privacy.

And some related articles on Saudi Arabia and cameraphones.

emily | 5:57 PM | Porn and Dark Side of MMS |
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