WITH INTERNET ACCESS COMES CENSORSHIP...IN SAUDI ARABIA
By Adnews Staff
Saudi Arabian has legalized access to the Internet and has invited bids from potential service providers, the Arab News reports. The King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology established a separate division to fund and "supervise the whole process of linking Saudi Arabia with the rest of the world though Internet services," Saleh ibn Abdurahman Al-Athel, the city's head, was quoted as saying. However, Saudi Arabia will continue to control the entry of foreign magazine and newspapers and will block racy sites from the country's subscribers.
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