Abu Dhabi, Feb. 11 -- The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has shut down 230 social media accounts over the past year for illegally promoting domestic worker recruitment services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The action was taken in coordination with the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) after authorities confirmed that the account operators had not obtained the necessary licences and were not affiliated with authorised recruitment offices.

The Ministry said the activity constituted a clear breach of the UAE's Domestic Workers Law, which regulates the recruitment and employment of domestic workers and requires service providers to be officially licensed.

Why the accounts wer...