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Saudi Arabia: Opened consultation on Digital Content Platforms Regulations containing registration requirement

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Opened consultation on Digital Content Platforms Regulations containing registration requirement

On 27 January 2022, the Saudi Arabia Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) opened a public consultation on the updated version of the Digital Content Platforms Regulation draft. The draft introduces a registration requirement f…

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
central government

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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…