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maharat-newsElections & voting

هل إرسال الشركات لرسائل نصيّة متعلّقة بالإنتخابات النيابية قانوني؟

Publisher’s rating: غير صحيح

The review examines text messages offering to distribute parliamentary election lists to voters for a fee. It reports that citizens received messages from a digital marketing company identified as “huge 96ne,” including an offer to send a list to voters, and describes a journalist’s post about receiving a message concerning candidates in Metn. The review treats the question as whether this election-related messaging is lawful, particularly when recipients did not ask to receive it. «تلقّى العديد من المواطنين رسائل نصيّة من شركة تسويق رقمي تدعى"huge 96ne"، وجاء في الرسالة "أرسل صورة اللائحة إلى الناخبين ابتداء من 50$"» Its central legal evidence is its account of Article 32 of Lebanon’s law on electronic transactions and personal data: online advertising must be identified as advertising and name the person promoted; unsolicited promotion using a real person’s name and address is prohibited without prior consent, subject to an exception when the sender previously obtained the address lawfully through a transaction with that customer. Promotional messages must also give recipients an address where they can request that the messages stop, without charge. The review says violations can incur fines under Article 117. Thus, its conclusion concerns unsolicited messages and the stated privacy and advertising requirements, rather than establishing that every election-related text message is unlawful regardless of consent or circumstances. «وتحظّر المادة نفسها، الترويج والتسويق غير المستدرجين (spam) اللذين يستعملان أسم شخص حقيقي وعنوانه ما لم يكن هذا الشخص قد وافق مسبقا على هذا النوع من الإعلان. ويستثنى من هذا المبدأ الحالة التي يكون فيها قد سبق لمرسل الاعلان غير المستدرج الموجه إلى عميل ان استحصل على عنوانه بطريقة قانونية خلال عملية سابقة أجراها معه.» The review also notes that Article 58 of the parliamentary election law includes certain campaign materials and messages among election expenses, but says it does not mention text messages. It invokes privacy protections as further context. The excerpt does not describe independent testing of the messages or establish how the company obtained particular recipients’ contact details; its legal assessment rests on the provisions it cites and its account of the reported messages. «ومن ضمن النفقات الإنتخابية المنصوصة قانونا، إعداد ونشر وتوزيع المواد الاعلامية والدعائية من كتب وكراريس ونشرات ومناشير ورسائل، على شكل مطبوعات أو عبر رسائل البريد العادي أو الرقمي، دون ذكر الرسائل النصيّة.»

Fact CrescendoElections & voting

कितना हास्यास्पद है यह नक्सली… छोटे फॉन्ट में लाइन पढ़िए “चुनाव में किए मुफ्त वादों का बोढ केंद्र सरकार पर डाल रहा है। यह चुनाव नहीं विकास के लिए दी गई मेहनत की कमाई है।

Publisher’s rating: False