UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has launched a white paper on YouTube usage, which has more than one billion unique visitors every month and over 100 hours of video uploaded every minute.

The release, which comes as part of ‘The UAE Social Media White Papers’ collection, aims to highlight the terms and conditions of the most popular social networks in use in the UAE.

The laws of the UAE prohibit the publication of content, which is contrary to public morals, the principles of Islam and the social and moral welfare of the UAE, or any content that contains irreverence towards Islam and any other heavenly religions, a statement said.

The content must also respect the UAE Government, its leadership, political institutions and ultimately the UAE’s cultural heritage and social norms and customs, the paper said.

In reference to ‘YouTube’, the white paper highlights the following information as a priority for all respective subscribers:

Firstly, users are prohibited from undertaking predatory behaviour, stalking, threats and harassment of others. Harassment could include copying a user’s channel layout, using a similar username or posing as another person.

Secondly, users must only upload videos which they have made or which they are authorised to use.

Thirdly, YouTube is owned by Google. In using the YouTube service, users agree to Google’s terms relating to the collection and sharing of their personal information.

The TRA initiative launched during their first media briefing were they published earlier the Facebook and Twitter white papers.

The social networks that is included in the initiative ‘The UAE Social Media White Papers’ collection are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Yahoo/Flickr, LinkedIn, Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, Apple Store, Blackberry and Keek. – TradeArabia News Service