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Saudi Arabia: Adopted CST regulations for providing digital content platform services

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Adopted CST regulations for providing digital content platform services

On 1 January 2024, the Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) adopted the regulations for providing digital content platform services. The regulation requires local and international digital content platforms, such as social media, vi…

Scope

Policy Area
Authorisation, registration and licensing
Policy Instrument
Operational license requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, streaming service provider, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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2021-09-28
in consultation

On 28 September 2021, the Communications, Space and Technology Commission of Saudi Arabia (CST) ope…

2021-11-30
processing consultation

On 30 November 2021, the Communications, Space and Technology Commission of Saudi Arabia (CST) clos…

2022-02-27
in consultation

On 27 January 2022, the Saudi Arabia Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) op…

2022-03-25
processing consultation

On 25 March 2022, the public consultation on the updated version of the Digital Content Platforms R…

2024-01-01
adopted

On 1 January 2024, the Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) adopted the regulation…

2024-10-08
in force

On 8 October 2024, the Communications, Space and Technology Commission’s (CST) regulations for prov…