The Kuwaiti Cabinet on Tuesday cautioned against the perils of rumor-mongering and disinformation, urging social media and news services to ensure professionalism, credibility and national interest.

The cabinet gave the warning during its weekly meeting held at Bayan Palace under the chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.

It lashed out at some social media sites and news services for having recently published ungrounded reports on measures taken by ministries and governmental bodies.

Calling on everybody to shoulder responsibility for publishing or republishing fake news stories, the cabinet warned that legal action would be taken against anyone involved in rumormongering and disinformation.